Oregon Safe Routes to School News
Promoting safer routes through citizen science
Find out how parents and students are using walk audits and a phone app to document the best routes to school in Santa Clarita, Ca. Stanford University's study shows that the SRTS program was more successful when paired with the citizen science-based Our Voice Program...
Safe Routes to School Non-Infrastructure Grants call for applications
Has your school wished for a Safe Routes to School program, but just haven't been able to get it started? New funding from ODOT will be awarded to School Districts, Schools, Local Governments, and Non-profit organizations in Fall 2019. The funding is from the Oregon...
Safe Routes to School Grant Program Workshops begin in March
Join the ODOT Safe Routes to School (SRTS) staff and Technical Service Providers to learn about new resources and to prepare for upcoming Non-Infrastructure and Infrastructure funding opportunities. We will also share the new SRTS Infrastructure Plan and the Project...
2019 SRTS Conference: Active Travel for Equitable and Healthy Communities
Call for Program Proposals: January 7-February 22 The Safe Routes to School National Partnership is excited to announce the 6th Safe Routes to School Conference to be held in Tampa, FL from November 12-14, 2019. Join us for a spectacular experience in a culturally...
Eugene students sharpen their bike skills
Hundreds of 4J students have been celebrating biking, honing their skills and even learning to ride for the first time in after-school "bike rodeos" held at elementary schools across Eugene School District 4J. The rodeo is is scheduled at River Road/El Camino del Río...
Way to go Utah! Ongoing state SRTS funding is proposed.
The Utah Department of Transportation has a program that promotes and provides safe pedestrian travel to and from schools, but every year, about two-thirds of safe route applications get denied because of lack of funding. The proposed legislation would fund projects...