Resources for Improving the Built Environment from the Safe Routes to School National Partnership

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Because Latino children often grow up in areas that lack safe streets and sidewalks it is important to understand how the Safe Routes to School movement can help support communities.

If you’re looking to gain a better understanding of the how the Safe Routes of School initiative can help bring street-scale improvements check out this resource from the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) National Partnership that talks about MAP-21, the 2012 federal transportation law that determines how transportation funds will be distributed among local communities.

The SRTS National Partnership has also put out information on how Safe Routes to School initiatives can work to prevent street violence in areas ridden with high crime rates.