[PDF] Safe Routes To School eBook

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Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a national movement that is making it safer and more convenient for children to walk and bicycle to school. In August 2005, Congress approved $612 million for state implementation of SRTS programs over five years. Each state is receiving a minimum of $1 million per fiscal year through 2009 for SRTS, and is charged with creating a full-time SRTS coordinator associated with the state Department of Transportation. There are additional requirements, such as: * Each state must spend 10 percent to 30 percent of its funds on non-infrastructure activities, including encouragement, public awareness, enforcement and educational programs. * 70 percent to 90 percent of funds must be spent on infrastructureâ€"sidewalks, bike lanes, pathways and traffic-calming activities. This guide, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, offers a 10-step process that can be used to create a SRTS network in your state.

Author : Richard Larouche
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 MB
Release : 2018-06-22
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780128119310

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Children's Active Transportation is a rigorous and comprehensive examination of the current research and interventions on active transportation for children and youth. As the travel behaviors of these groups tend to be highly routinized, and their mobility faces unique constraints, such as parental restrictions, mandatory school attendance, and the inability to drive a motor vehicle before late adolescence, this book examines the key factors that influence travel behavior among children and youth, providing key insights into lessons learned from current interventions. Readers will find a resource that clearly demonstrates how critical it is for children to develop strong, active transportation habits that carry into adulthood.

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Page : 3 pages
File Size : 40,76 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Cycling
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Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a national and international movement to create safe, convenient, and fun opportunities for children to bicycle and walk to and from schools. The program has been designed to reverse the decline in children walking and bicycling to schools. Safe Routes to School can also play a critical role in reversing the alarming nationwide trend toward childhood obesity and inactivity. In 1969, approximately 50% of children walked or bicycled to school, with approximately 87% of children living within one mile of school walking or bicycling. Today, fewer than 15% of schoolchildren walk or bicycle to school. As a result, kids today are less active, less independent, and less healthy. As much as 10 to 14% of morning traffic can be generated by parents driving their children to schools, and traffic-related crashes are the top cause of death and major injury for children in the U.S. ages 1 to 17. Concerned by the long-term health and traffic consequences of this trend, in 2005, the U.S. Congress approved $612 million in funding for five years of state implementation of SRTS programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Communities are using this funding to construct new bike lanes, pathways, and sidewalks, as well as to launch Safe Routes to School education, promotion and enforcement campaigns in K-8 schools. Safe Routes to School programs are built on collaborative partnerships among many stakeholders that include educators, parents, students, elected officials, engineers, city planners, business and community leaders, health officials, and bicycle and pedestrian advocates. The most successful SRTS programs incorporate the five E’s—evaluation, education, encouragement, engineering, and enforcement. The goal of Safe Routes to School is to get more children bicycling and walking to schools safely every day.

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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 30,99 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Pedestrians
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A descriptive list of proposed sidewalk construction and street marking projects, etc., by city and Caltrans District, showing costs, etc.

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Page : 65 pages
File Size : 37,97 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Cycling
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Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a federal program designed to make it safer for more children to walk and bicycle to school. While Safe Routes to School is a relatively new program, all 50 states have funding to help schools and communities improve the environment for walking and bicycling. The program helps get children more physically active, and can help schools and communities struggling with safety, rising bus transportation costs, traffic challenges and a lack of connection between the school and the community. Children from low-income families are twice as likely to walk to school as children from higher-income families. And they face greater risks—children from low-income households have a higher risk of being injured or killed as pedestrians. So it is critical that as Safe Routes to School is implemented across the country that low-income schools and communities are able to access funds and implement Safe Routes to School programs.

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 15,90 MB
Release : 2005-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152056261

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During the course of a walk, a young boy identifies animals of different colors.