Safe Routes to School’s mission is to empower youth to walk and bike more frequently to walkable and bike-able destinations in their community. We do this through providing the following free services to schools and youth-oriented advocacy organizations, civic groups, and non-profit organizations. You provide the venue, some volunteer support, and the youth, and we’ll supply the bikes, helmets, and leadership/instruction.

 

• Providing hand-on bicycle and pedestrian skills safety instruction

• Organizing bike rodeos

• Leading guided bike rides and walks/hikes

• Organizing walking school buses and biking buses

• Organizing school-based biking and walking/hiking clubs

 

We also coordinate with city agencies to inform them of traffic safety concerns and needed bicyclist and pedestrian safety improvements, especially near locations where youth travel.

 

This page includes information on the following topics. Click the links to learn more:

 

• Benefits of Walking and Biking to School: discusses the benefits experienced by children, schools, and the community when children walk or bike to school.

• Bicycle Safety Basics and Resources: provides safe riding tips, rules for bicycling on roads or multi-use trails, and links to bike safety curricula and other bike safety resources.

• Pedestrian Safety Basics and Resources: provides safety tips on things to remember when walking, tips for safely crossing streets, and links to pedestrian safety curricula and other pedestrian safety resources.