This report aims to describe how federal and state agencies met the requirements of the legislation; the program’s reach and types of projects funded; and an overview of how state programs are administered.
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Policy & funding
Federal Safe Routes to School Program Progress Report
Considerations for Conducting a Crash-based Evaluation of the Federal Safe Routes to School Program: A Feasibility Study
This report, prepared by the National Center for Safe Routes to School, describes the feasibility of conducting a crash-based evaluation of the safety effects of the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program.
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Q&A with Gabe Rousseau, FHWA Bicycle & Pedestrian Program Manager: Walking, Bicycling and SRTS under MAP-21
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Minimizing Your Liability Risk
This fact sheet, developed in 2010 by the National Policy and Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN), a ChangeLab Solutions project, explains why liability fears shouldn’t stop school districts from supporting SRTS programs. It provides an overview of liability and negligence, and offers practical tips on how school districts and others can reduce their risk of liability.
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December Webinar: Fresh Ideas from the 2012 Oberstar SRTS Award Program
As the importance of drawing upon community assets to sustain SRTS programs continues to grow, thinking beyond the "usual suspects" as partners is more important than ever. In this sixty minute program, we will highlight partner ideas from four outstanding programs that provide wonderful examples of building strong ties with other community organizations.
Getting There Together: A Message from the Director
So much has happened since our last Safe Routes Matters. So many important decisions, events and announcements that will help to move forward the idea behind Safe Routes to School. Starting with International Walk to School Day, the lucky seventh since the National Center was formed. Once again the country set a new record for the number of registered events—4,250 to date, with one week of reporting to go. All of you reading this had something to do with making that happen, so a big congratulations to you.
Safe Routes to School as a Catalyst for Community Change in Montpelier, Vermont
Six years ago, Community Connections, a local nonprofit that runs afterschool programs in Montpelier, Vt., public schools, identified a need to get students more physically active during the school day. The organization saw the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program as the perfect way to get students excited about physical activity.
After receiving a non-infrastructure SRTS grant from the state, Community Connections spent the next two years running programs that concentrated on the five E’s: Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, Evaluation and Engineering.
Getting Results: SRTS Programs That Increase Walking and Bicycling to School
Getting Results: SRTS Programs That Increase Walking and Bicycling to School offers brief summaries of eight programs that measured their walking and bicycling numbers and found an increase. The resource aims to assist and inspire Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs to measure student travel patterns to look for possible changes over time and measure the progress of their activities.
Put the data to work.
Ultimately, the collection of school travel data and subsequent analysis can enable a SRTS program to measure the efficacy of its programs, determine how successful it is and communicate its success to the community and potential funders.
Getting Results: SRTS Programs That Increase Walking and Bicycling to School is the third installment in a series of resources on getting and measuring results with SRTS programs. To read more about measuring and evaluating the results of an SRTS program, visit Getting Results: SRTS Programs That Reduce Traffic and Getting Results: SRTS Programs That Reduce Speeding and Distracted Driving.
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Safety-based Prioritization of Schools for Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Projects: A Process for Transportation Professionals
The National Center has prepared a new resource, “Safety-based Prioritization of Schools for Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Projects: A Process for Transportation Professionals” that describes a straightforward way to identify the schools and specific locations that have the greatest need for pedestrian infrastructure improvements .
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