America Walks and the National Center for Safe Routes to School present the next Safe Routes Coaching Action Network Webinar. The next topic will be:
Sidewalk Safety Smarts WalkBoston's Guide to Safety Training for Second Graders
Presented by Karen Hartke, Walk Boston
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Safe Routes Snapshots provides a brief profile of a Safe Routes to School state or local program that highlights a particular success or issue the program faced. To submit your program for Safe Routes Snapshots, please email news@saferoutesinfo.org.
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) State Coordinators gathered in Minneapolis, MN from May 13 – May 14 for the 3rd Annual Safe Routes to School State Coordinators National Meeting. Representatives from forty-five states were in attendance at the meeting hosted by the National Center for Safe Routes to School (NCSRTS) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
The National Center for Safe Routes to School would like to recognize and congratulate Risa Wilkerson for her continued contribution to Safe Routes to School. As the Vice President of Active Communities with the Michigan Fitness Foundation, Wilkerson led the local host efforts for the 1st Safe Routes to School National Conference held in Dearborn, MI, in November 2007.
Wilkerson has recently accepted a project officer position with Active Living by Design, a national program established by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and part of the UNC School of Public Health.
Safe Routes Snapshots provides a brief profile of a Safe Routes to School state or local program that highlights a particular success or issue the program faced. To submit your program for Safe Routes Snapshots, please email news@saferoutesinfo.org.
Share your Safe Routes to School story with others by submitting it to the National Center for Safe Routes to School. Selected case studies will be compiled and posted onto the Center's Web site. For more information, please visit www.saferoutesinfo.org/data-central/success-stories.
Encouragement strategies are about having fun; they generate excitement and interest in walking and bicycling. Special events, mileage clubs, contests and ongoing activities all provide ways for parents and children to discover, or rediscover, that walking and bicycling are doable and a lot of fun. This chapter of the SRTS Guide provides a description of a sample of activities a community can create, a summary of how to conduct each activity, and examples of how communities are "putting it into practice."
The Walking School Bus Guide is intended for parents, teachers, public health educators, bicycle clubs, Safe Route to School coordinators, law enforcement officers and others that care about increasing the number of children who walk and bicycle to school in a safe manner. Any one or combination of these individuals can lead a walking school bus program. This guide outlines potential benefits and other factors in the decision to launch a program.
Children deserve a safe route to school and Tribal communities are making it happen.
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs use a comprehensive approach to make the route between home and school safer for children to walk and bicycle. Tribal leaders, community organizations, parents and schools are using these programs to better the lives of their children one step at a time.
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The following flyers and postcards are available for download and can be used without restriction.
