SRTS Advisory Committee & Partners

PA SRTS Advisory Committee

The PA Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Advisory Committee advises the PA SRTS Resource Center in its efforts to promote and distribute information about the SRTS program in Pennsylvania. The committee is made up of representatives from nonprofit organizations and state agencies that, through their vested interest in such childhood issues as health, safety, and education, will play a vital role in the development and promotion of the SRTS program.

The committee meets twice a year to provide PennDOT and the PA SRTS Resource Center with feedback on the SRTS program activities. Throughout the year, committee members are asked to promote and market SRTS programs and activities through their individual networks. Committee members also serve as evaluators in the noninfrastructure grant selection process and help to determine which applicants will receive grants to help fund SRTS noninfrastructure activities.

The following organizations have representatives on the SRTS Advisory Committee:

SRTS Partners

To help spread the word about Safe Routes to School, the PA SRTS Resource Center partners with organizations and groups that are advocates for public safety and are interested in creating safer routes to school. Government agencies, schools, and nonprofit organizations are working together to advance the SRTS movement.

Partners of the PA SRTS Resource Center share an interest in advocating Safe Routes to School and are willing to help promote the resources available through the center.

The following organizations have joined with the PA SRTS Resource Center to become SRTS partners:

How to become an SRTS partner?

If your organization’s mission is to promote children’s health and safety through safe walking and biking, please consider becoming a partner of the PA SRTS Resource Center. To become a partner, contact the center at info@stateroutespa.org, and a representative from the PA SRTS Resource Center will be in touch shortly.

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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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