Safe Routes Successes - Enforcement

Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Collaboration spreads SRTS programs

Go! Chapel Hill Active Living by Design is a national program that helped to facilitate the spread and success of the Active Routes to School program in Chapel Hill.

Brevard, North Carolina: A walking path for everyone

Brevard Elementary School students and recreational walkers in the 7,000-person community in Brevard, NC, will benefit from the Gallimore Road multi-use path.

Asheville, North Carolina: Encouraging "Walking and Wheeling" School-Wide

Thanks to the efforts of one energetic parent, Ira B. Jones Elementary School in Asheville, N.C., has been participating in International Walk to School Day for a number of years.

Missoula, Montana: Students Participate in Weekly Walking School Buses

In summer 2006, the Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Board of Missoula, Mont., engaged school and community organizations in the creation of a city-wide Safe Routes to School (SRTS) steering group.

Flathead County, Montana: Building Community Support for SRTS

MDOT agreed to fund a SRTS study identifying education, encouragement, enforcement and engineering projects that would increase the safety of students walking and bicycling to school.

Bozeman, Montana: Walk to School Month Supported by City and Community

The Montana Nutrition and Physical Activity Program at Montana State University in Bozeman, in collaboration with the local Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Task Force, initiated a SRTS pilot program at the Emily Dickinson Elementary School.

Billings, Montana: "Go Play" in Billings, Montana

In September 2008, Billings received bronze level status as a bicycle-friendly city from the American League of Bicyclists, thanks to its “Go Play” community awareness campaign.

Starkville, Mississippi: Education and Asphalt Move SRTS Program Forward

Starkville in Motion (SIM), a volunteer organization formed in 2005, is dedicated to increasing the number of bicycle and pedestrian paths in Starkville.

Petal, Mississippi: Bike Lanes and Sidewalk Connect Students to Places

In summer 2007, Mississippi’s Department of Transportation announced that Petal would receive $213,028 in federal Safe Routes to School funds.

Amory, Mississippi: A five-year plan makes SRTS progress in Amory

Following a five-year plan has helped the city of Amory and its school district take steps to make neighborhoods safer for children to walk and bicycle to school.