What is Safe Routes to School (SR2S)?

Safe Routes to School (SR2S) is a worldwide movement–and now a federal program–to make it safe, convenient and fun for children to bicycle and walk to school. When routes are safe, walking and biking to school are fun, easy and inexpensive ways for students to get some of the daily physical activity they need for good health. Safe Routes to School initiatives also help ease traffic jams and air pollution, unite neighborhoods and contribute to students’ readiness to learn in school.

At its core, SR2S is a planning process: it's a process where local stakeholders work together to 1) identify barriers to safe walking and bicycling to school and 2) develop a plan to address those barriers using a combination of infrastructure and noninfrastructure treatments.



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