Roger E. Sides Elementary School (R.E.S.) received a $1,000 SRTS mini grant from the National Center to support the school's ongoing efforts to increase safe walking and bicycling to school. We caught up with Joe Bishop, an R.E.S. fifth grade science teacher, to learn more about their Bike Club and to hear about some of its successes.
The following is a brief compilation of Safe Routes to School-related news stories from across the country. Web links to the following news stories are time sensitive, so some stories may not be accessible after the initial publication date or may require registration.
Representative Eric Swafford Announces 'Safe Routes to School' Grant for Crossville
Crossville Chronicle, TN ─ 6/24/2010
The following is a brief compilation of Safe Routes to School-related news stories from across the country. Web links to the following news stories are time sensitive, so some stories may not be accessible after the initial publication date or may require registration.
The National Center received a great response to our call for Fall 2010 SRTS mini-grant applications. We are now in the process of reviewing the 375 applications that were submitted and will announce recipients by Wed., May 26. Thank you for your applications and for your help in promoting the program.
Registration is now open for Walk to School 2010, an international event where communities from over 40 countries join together to walk and bicycle to school. International Walk to School Day is Wednesday, October 6, 2010.
Over the past few months, the National Center has been preparing to host a new SRTS resource developed by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for law enforcement officers. To celebrate the website's launch, www.saferoutesinfo.org/lawenforcement, we caught up with an officer at the Phoenix, Ariz., Police Department and asked him to share some of his insights and lessons learned. Meet Officer Terry Sills.
Each time I sit down to write this column, I continue to be amazed by the multitude and magnitude of activities going on around the country that relate to Safe Routes to School programs and goals.
May is National Bike Month and National Youth Traffic Safety Month. These important causes are two ways local programs can bring the SRTS message closer to home for their community.
The following is a brief compilation of Safe Routes to School-related news stories from across the country. Web links to the following news stories are time sensitive, so some stories may not be accessible after the initial publication date or may require registration.