Safe Routes Successes - Engineering

Chagrin Falls, Ohio: Comprehensive Safe Routes to School Program built around village cooperation and core goals of safety and encouragement

Safe Routes Chagrin is a truly cooperative endeavor which has improved safety and encouraged more students to walk and bike while building a sustainable program supported by the entire community.

Walk to School Day builds support for Safe Routes to School in Kauai
Comprehensive program boosts SRTS at Roosevelt Elementary School

Michigan is one of the most "overweight states," which provided a big incentive for community leaders to try to get children active at a young age and ingrain that activity so that it will be habit later in life.

Thinking outside the box brings safe routes to students with disabilities

Hillside students walk to downtown Allegan because it serves as a classroom for them to practice life skills.

Community support builds comprehensive SRTS program


The St. Thomas Aquinas SRTS team consists of parents, neighbors, teachers and administrators. 

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.

Auburn, Washington: Collaboration Creates Success

In 1995, the Auburn School District linked concerns about the high cost of transportation and increased childhood obesity to create cooperation that has led to 20 percent of its district’s students walking to school.

Vermont: Vermont SRTS Program

In 2004, the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) participated in a Safe Routes to School pilot program held in three schools in the Chittenden County, VT, Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).

Plain City, Utah: Concern and efforts produce results

Plain City, UT, is a small town of about 5,000 citizens. On June 27, 2006, the Weber County School District passed a bond to build a new elementary school in Plain City.

Holladay City, Utah: Safe Sidewalks and Safe Routes Work Hand in Hand

The City of Holladay, Utah, decided to incorporate a Safe Sidewalks program into its city plans in 2003.