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What is Safe Routes to School?

Safe Routes to School is a national and international movement to create safe, convenient, and healthy opportunities for children to walk and bicycle to school. In the United States, the federal government has provided funding since 2005 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia to implement a Safe Routes to School program. Read more.

Success Stories in Pennsylvania

Schools and municipalities participating in Safe Routes to School programs can learn a great deal by studying other successful projects and activities. Read more.

SRTS Statistics

Within the span of one generation, the percentage of children walking or bicycling to school has dropped precipitously, from approximately 50 percent in 1969 to just 15 percent in 2001.

This statistic and others relevant to Safe Routes to School (including sources) can be found at the Safe Routes to School National Partnership.

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Celebrate Walk or Roll to School Day October 9, 2013. Sign up to receive a Walk to School Day kit.
The PA Safe Routes to School Resource Center is now accepting applications for mini-grants (up to $2,000) to fund noninfrastructure activities that enable and encourage children to safely walk and bicycle to school. The grant period will remain open until the grant funding has been awarded or until June 28, 2013, whichever occurs first.
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Schools (K-8) may apply for a walkability audit that assesses walking and biking routes to school and provides recommendations for improvement.
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Bicycle safety train-the-trainer will be held at six locations around the state this fall. Registration will be online in June.
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Read how some schools celebrate Walk or Roll to School Day. Mark your calendar for October 9, 2013, and make plans for your school to participate.
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About $58,500 in Safe Routes to School noninfrastructure grant money will fund 11 schools’ efforts in 2013 to educate and encourage students to walk or bicycle to school.
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Read how one school benefited from a walkability audit to assess its walking and biking routes to school.
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Online bicycle education videos help to teach bicyclists and motorists about bicycle safety and sharing the road. The videos are now on the Department of Education’s Standards Aligned System.
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Lesson plans to provide basic bicycle and pedestrian safety instruction to students are available for teachers to download for free. The lesson plans are now on the Department of Education’s Standards Aligned System.
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