Action Briefs, Powerpoints and Webinars: Understand the Processes and People Involved in Safe Routes to Schools

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The benefits of Safe Routes to School include increased physical activity, improved traffic safety, better air quality, enhanced personal safety, long-term cost savings, and greater student academic achievement.

Latinos are disproportionately burdened by unsafe transportation environments.  In order to reduce Latino childhood obesity and prevent pedestrian injuries, families, schools and communities need to work together.  Here are 8 steps to create a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program.

It may be useful to first understand the processes and people involved in SRTS.  The Safe Routes to School National Partnership has developed a toolkit of action briefs, Powerpoint slides and webinars to understand the processes and people involved in SRTS, which include:

• Municipal transportation departments
• Principals and school boards 
• School district transportation departments
• Local elected officials
• Governors and state agency leaders 
• New Funding

Read more Resources for Connecting with Partners and Power People on Safe Routes to School.