These case studies show how communities around the world are putting Safe Routes to School strategies into action. Each story highlights steps taken to improve safety, support active travel, and create better conditions for students and families. These successes demonstrate what’s possible when schools, cities, and communities work together to make walking, biking, and rolling safer for everyone.
Detroit, MI. Source: City of Detroit
Low cost, rapid implementation projects can improve safety, give communities a chance to try new designs and create evidence for larger scale improvements. Communities around the country are deploying quick-build projects in places where children and families walk and bike.
Durham, NC.
National Walk & Roll to School Day in October and National Bike & Roll to School Day in May are opportunities to celebrate the joy of active travel and bring attention to any safety problems that are getting in the way.
Washington, DC
Around the world, communities are committing to eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries, also called Vision Zero. A growing group of these cities is focused on improving safety around schools and other places where children and youth walk and bicycle. The Vision Zero for Youth initiative recognizes that starting with youth can be the catalyst to build community support for Vision Zero; that Vision Zero should include a focus on youth and that youth voices can play an important role in creating safer streets.
The initiative leads the Vision Zero for Youth Leadership Award program to recognize places that are making exceptional progress in child pedestrian safety.
