Community problems & solutions

Waltham, Massachusetts: Innovation creates appealing incentives

Northeast Elementary School began an SRTS program five years ago that utilizes the generosity of the community — and the creativity of the school staff — to provide incentives to encourage students to walk to school.

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Northeast Elementary School began a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program five years ago that utilizes the generosity of the community — and the creativity of the school staff — to provide incentives to encourage students to walk to school.

Arlington, Massachusetts: Community Involvement Leads to Success

Arlington began working with the National Park Service Rivers and Tails program and the MassHighway department to start a SRTS program in two elementary schools and one middle school.

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In 2001, Arlington, Massachusetts, was selected to be one of two cities in the country to participate in a Safe Routes to School pilot program. Arlington began working with the National Park Service Rivers and Tails program and the MassHighway department to start a SRTS program in two elementary schools and one middle school.

Massachusetts: State provides streamlined approach to SRTS Program

Massachusetts’ commitment to safe school routes and more physically active student travel predates the federal Safe Routes to School legislation.

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Bossier, Louisiana: SRTS in Bossier, Louisiana

With the help of a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) grant, Meadowview Elementary staff developed and began implementing a SRTS program that addresses the infrastructure issues and promotes walking safely to school.

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Walk This Way

In 2007, Polk Elementary was the target school of the Walk this Way program, which focuses on a different school within the Baton Rouge school district each year.

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More than 250 students in grades kindergarten through fifth attend Polk Elementary School in Baton Rouge, La. In 2007, Polk Elementary was the target school of the Walk this Way program, which focuses on a different school within the Baton Rouge school district each year.

Murray, Kentucky: Big dreams and cooperation lead to SRTS success

Together, the city of Murray and the Murray Independent School District are working to make the way to school safer for children.

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Together, the city of Murray and the Murray Independent School District are working to make the way to school safer for children. The city led efforts to seek Federal Safe Routes to School funding for sidewalks, and surrounding schools are following up with education and encouragement. The city has about 16,000 people and is located within a county of about 34,000. The middle school, which houses grades 4 to 8, is in the center of town, according to Eleanor Spry, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction.

Green River, Wyoming: The Greenbelt Trail System

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the City of Green River, Wyo., began construction on the Greenbelt Pathways and Trail System.

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Charleston, West Virginia: SRTS Program

Piedmont Elementary School in Charleston, WV, is a public school for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.

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Edgewood, Kentucky: Police Department seeks Safe Routes to School

The Edgewood Police Department took the lead in seeking to make the way to school safer for students in several schools in the city.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky: SRTS Program

Dishman-McGinnis Elementary School, as well as four other elementary schools in Bowling Green, KY, has been implementing a SRTS program since 2006.

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