Safe Routes to School Helps Start A Bike and Walk-to-School Program in Austin, TX

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By 2007, a total of 8 elementary & 2 middle schools in Austin had participated in Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs.

Participating schools were given a 2.5 year non-infrastructure grant from the Texas Department of Transportation.

Later in 2011, Zavala elementary, a predominantly Latino urban & low income school, was one of 25 schools to receive a $1,000 mini-grant. The mini-grant allowed students to receive 4 weeks of bicycle training.

With the help of SRTS, Zavala elementary school was able to increase the number of children who rode bikes to school from 6 to 90.

This slideshow presentation provides information on how Safe Routes to School provided children in at Zavala elementary support for biking and walking school bus programs.