The Safe Routes Partnership (Safe Routes Partnership) has been working with select metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) since 2010 through the Regional Network Project, funded generously by Kaiser Permanente.
Resource Library
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Evaluation, Report
2008 Annual Progress Report – Building Momentum and Policy Change
This report provides an update on major State Network Project accomplishments in 2008, lessons learned, state summaries, and the Local School Project.
Webinar
This webinar from March 20, 2014 discusses the influence of school district policies on walking and bicycling to school and resources for engaging school board members.
Safe Routes to School has the amazing capacity to stretch its boundaries across the fields of health, transportation, safety, environment and more. This elasticity is an enormous advantage in terms of marketing the benefits of walking and bicycling to and from school as an effective approach to addressing major issues in all fields.
Webinar
Implementing the Best Curriculum for Your Community
This webinar from February 20, 2014 discusses how to choose and implement the best bicycle safety curriculum for your community.
New data released from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Bay Area’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), shows that rates of bicycling and walking have increased throughout the region.
Fact Sheet
This policy briefdescribes research showing the benefits of physical activityfor student learning, explains the state requirements andstandards for P.E., highlights board actions to support P.E.and lists additional resources board members and othersmight find useful.
Along with the transition from cold to a warm climate, more and more cyclists will be getting out to enjoy the beautiful sights the state has to offer.
Journal Article, Research
In a March 2012 research brief, Impact of State Laws on Walking and Bicycling to School, Active Living Research was the first to examine the impact of state laws on walking and bicycling to school among a national sample of elementary schools in the United States.
As Safe Routes to School programs have increased across the country, a clear need for better data management at the national level has become apparent. Many communities have used Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping in assessments of the built environment, but because there is not a central place to store data, this information is stuck, in a sense, at the local level.
Webinar
Let's Get Moving to Help Underserved Communities
This webinar from September 26, 2013 discusses how the Safe Routes Partnership can help support campaigns to increase shared use and street scale improvements in underserved communities.
In June 2013, the American College of Sports Medicine released their most recent fitness ranking of the 50 largest US metropolitan areas.
Toolkit, Case Study
A Guide for Citizens, Planners and Engineers
Part IV of the series "Steps to a Walkable Community: A Guide for Citizens, Planners, and Engineers."
Nearly three years in the making, Plan Bay Area was approved by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), in an after-midnight vote early in the morning of July 19. Plan Bay Area will have massive significant impacts on active transport
Fact Sheet, Case Study
Safe Routes to School Programs that Reduce Speeding and Distracted Driving
This brief created by the National Center for Safe Routes to School to address unsafe driving behaviors and outlines steps local safe routes to school programs can take to measure impacts of their activities.
"We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity."
Fact Sheet
Strategies to Improve Traffic Operations and Safety
These briefings sheets were developed with funding support from the National Center for Safe Routes to School. The briefing sheets are intended for use by transportation engineers and planners to support their active participation in the development and implementation of Safe Routes to School programs and activities.
After Congress and the President were unable to agree on a deal to continue funding for federal agencies and programs through the annual appropriations process, the federal government was shut down and non-essential employees were sent home. The shutdown is now in its second week, and there is no sign of progress towards a resolution.
Fact Sheet
Creating Choices for Your Community, Spurring Economic Recovery, and Improving Health
By using SB 375 as an opportunity for taking control of future gowth and transportation decisions through regional planning, communities can stimulate construction and economic growth, reduce vehicle pollution, save money, and improve transportation choices.