Safe Routes Successes - Evaluation

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. 

West Virginia: Safe Routes West Virginia

The West Virginia Safe Routes to School (WV-SRTS) program accomplished many goals during the 2007 fiscal year.

Dubuque, Iowa: Pedestrian planning makes sense in Dubuque

Officials from Dubuque, IA, decided to develop a comprehensive pedestrian plan to seek input from all 29 schools in the district.

District 2 of the Florida DOT: Existing volunteer network spreads SRTS message

District 2 of Florida’s Department of Transportation manages a district-wide Safe Routes to School program that has provided pedestrian and bicycle safety outreach

Corvallis and Philomath, Oregon: Benton County task forces pave the way for Safe Routes

In 2003, Patricia Parsons, a health promotion specialist for Chronic Disease Prevention at the Benton County Health Department, decided to implement a sustainable program to help prevent childhood obesity.

Denver, Colorado: SRTS Partnership Gets Students Moving

The Denver Osteopathic Foundation partnered with Denver Public Schools to launch a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program to increase walking and bicycling at Ellis Elementary and other schools in Denver, Colo.

California: The California SRTS Program

As one of the first states to enact Safe Routes to School legislation and the home to one of two original pilot SRTS projects, California has been a leader in the national SRTS movement for nearly a decade.