Planning Safe Routes for the 2022-23′ school year

Planning Safe Routes for the 2022-23′ school year

The 2022-23 school year is about to begin! A new school year is a great time to help students change habits and start walking and rolling to school. Starting safe routes programming in your community can feel daunting, but the ODOT SRTS team has resources to help!...
ODOT SRTS Train the Trainer Program

ODOT SRTS Train the Trainer Program

Around the state, students walk and roll to the places they need to go daily. Giving them the skills to do so appropriately is an important part of every Safe Routes program. While many educators would like to provide bicycle and pedestrian safety education in their...
Bicycle Safety Education at McGovern Elementary

Bicycle Safety Education at McGovern Elementary

Learning how to properly ride a bicycle is an important skill, and one that can enrich a young person’s life by giving them a new outlet for exercise, freedom to take trips easily, and experience commuting via different modes.  At McGovern Elementary...

Oregon celebrates Winter Walk+Roll to School Day

Students around Oregon celebrated Winter Walk+Roll to School Day on February 23rd, 2022, showing that walking and rolling to school is fun to do all year long. A Commute Options volunteer walks with Bear Creek Elementary Walking School Bus students on Winter Walk+Roll...

Safe Routes to School Funding Update

The wait is nearly over! Safe Routes to School Infrastructure program will be gearing up this summer. As part of House Bill 2017, passed in July 2017, the state legislature has newly dedicated funding to build safety projects within one-mile radiuses of schools so...

Walking School Buses Coming to Central Oregon Neighborhoods

Fun, safe, physical activity for kids and families getting to and from school. Walking to school just got easier for students and families in Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson and northern Klamath counties through a new Walking School Bus program headed up by Commute...