Safe Routes Podcast

The Safe Routes Podcast is a monthly show that highlights ways to get kids up and active on their way to school and features interviews from Safe Routes to School programs across the country. Podcasts are audio (MP3) files that you may listen to on your computer or download to an iPod or other portable player.

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Please send comments and topic requests for the podcast to podcast@saferoutesinfo.org.


Park and Walk Programs

Learn more about setting up a park and walk program at your school and hear from Tracy Shaw with Rosewood Elementary on how they motivate kids in Columbia, SC to walk to school.

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Co-Promoting with the Media

Learn how to partner with media organizations to promote Safe Routes to School and listen to how the Garfield Health Department helped launch a newspaper series that reached 30,000 New Jersey students each day.

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Remote Pick Up and Drop Off

Hear how the PedNet Coalition worked with West Boulevard Elementary School and the City of Columbia to solve congestion and safety issues related to the school's drop-off and pick-up system.

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