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2023-2024 Event Sign Up

Don’t miss out on all of the fun! Sign up for our events and program for the 2023-2024 school year to receive toolkits and incentives.

Snowshoe Reservations

Looking for a fun way to get your students outside and moving this winter?  Did you know our Safe Routes program has a fleet of 38 snowshoes you can reserve?

Bike Blender Reservations

Shake up your next school event with Human Powered Smoothies.  From a bike. Sign up to get your school started today!

What is Safe Routes to School?

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a movement that aims to make it safe, convenient, and fun for children of all ages and abilities to walk, bike, or roll to school. The movement started due to the declining number of children using active transportation to travel to school, as well as the upward trend of childhood obesity.

Walking and biking are an important part of leading a healthy lifestyle.  Safe Routes to School programs provide the opportunity to make walking and biking to school fun, healthy, safer, and accessible to all who chose to walk and bike to school. SRTS programs offer opportunities for students of all abilities to experience independent travel. Active travel connects people, develops friendships, creates healthful opportunities, and empowers youth to be active and independent.  Safe Routes to School programs play a pivotal role in communities’ efforts to become more inviting, accessible, and inclusive.  

There are many benefits to both the students and the broader community resulting from Safe Routes to School interventions including:

SAFER STUDENTS.

Improved traffic safety and increased confidence for students through opportunities to learn about and practice road safety.

Students who are ready to learn, who are healthy, awake and alert, with better focus and concentration.

BETTER FOCUS.

Solutions to school transportation issues such as hazardous traffic congestion and student absences and tardiness due to transportation challenges.

TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.

Increased family and community engagement, providing positive social opportunities for students and families.

Increased daily physical activity, forming healthy habits that can last a lifetime, helping students decrease the risk of chronic disease and obesity.

HEALTHIER STUDENTS.

Reduced idling times during drop off and pick up, combined with more carpooling, walking,
biking and/or rolling to school results in cleaner air and reduced asthma rates.

HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT.