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Woodford County Middle School, Versailles, Kentucky, Walk and Bike to School program

Kentucky SRTS State Network
Kentucky is one of ten jurisdictions participating in the SRTS National Partnership Network Project. This initiative creates state networks that bring together advocacy groups, government agencies, and other leaders.

Kentucky SRTS Program
Managed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), Kentucky’s federally funded Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program is the source for state coordinator contact details, federal SRTS funding amounts, SRTS applications and guidelines, and state SRTS program information.

Success Stories and Best Practices

Other Statewide and Regional Programs

Kentucky Partner Affiliates
Find out which organizations in your state have pledged their support as partner affiliates of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership.

Legislation and Policies

Meetings & Events

Kentucky SRTS State Network
Kentucky is one of the ten jurisdictions participating in the SRTS National Partnership State Network Project. The Kentucky SRTS State Network Organizer works for a sponsoring organization, which is under contract with the SRTS National Partnership.

Kentucky State Network Organizer
Cheryl D. Wyatt
KY Rails to Trails Council
office/fax (859) 523-6665
cell (859) 806-9274
cheryl@saferoutespartnership.org
http://www.kyrailtrail.org/

Kentucky State Network Chair
To be announced.

Kentucky State Network Partners
BikeWorld, Paducah, KY
Kentucky Bicycle and Bikeway Commission
Kentucky Rails to Trails Council
Warren County Greenways Coordinator in Bowling Green, KY
Barren River District Health Department
OH-KY-IN Regional Council of Governments
Get Healthy Kentucky
Governor’s Office of Wellness and Physical Activity
Kentucky Injury Prevention & Research Center
Office of Child Advocacy of Kosair Children’s Hospital
Kentucky Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator
Kentucky Safe Routes to School Coordinator
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Partnership for a Fit Kentucky

Kentucky SRTS Program
Kentucky Safe Routes to School
Kentucky’s Safe Routes to School program is managed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC).

Kentucky SRTS Coordinator
Jackie Jones
(502) 564-2060, ext 3048
(502)229-2561-Cell
(502)696-5275-Fax
Jackie.Jones@ky.gov
Kentucky Safe Routes to School

Kentucky SRTS Federal Funding
Kentucky’s SRTS funding totals $7,882,559 and includes the following annual apportionments:

Application Guidelines
Applications are accepted each year from January 1 through March 15. The next call for applications will take place in January 2008 with grant awards announced June 2008. Kentucky does not have separate guidelines for infrastructure and non-infrastructure grants.

For more information on the application process, please see KY Safe Routes to School-Teacher Resource Center.

State Advisory Committee
The Kentucky SRTS Advisory Committee includes representatives from the Governor’s office, the Governor’s Office for Local Development, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Education Cabinet, and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The objectives of the committee are to support the Safe Routes to School program by offering feedback and partnering on projects in which the organization has similar goals as SRTS.

State Outreach Programs
Kentucky does not have any statewide education, encouragement, and/or training outreach available at this time.

Evaluation Methods
Kentucky has developed parent and travel surveys that are available at Kentucky Safe Routes to School-Teacher & Parent Resources. The travel survey has been sent out to all the schools involved in SRTS through the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

Success Stories and Best Practices
Bowling Green, Kentucky: City and School Collaboration
The Bowling Green Independent School District, the City of Bowling Green, and the Barren River District Health Department have come together to bring bicycle education and outreach to the community. Five pilot schools are involved in SRTS programs. The SRTS team partnered with the City and Tree Advisory Board to host a bike rodeo as part of an Arbor Day Celebration. The event emphasized bike skills and safety, and 35 helmets were given away while 68 children participated.

The Barren River District Health Department provides health educators to teach bicycle and pedestrian safety in the classroom during guidance counselors' class times. The Health Department has also conducted parent surveys. The City of Bowling Green is leading a corridor study for a Complete Streets solution at the Dishman-McGinnis school (one of the five pilot schools). The school serves a large Hispanic and Bosnian immigrant population where baseline walking and biking levels are high and income levels are low. Safety education and infrastructure improvements are important in this area because so many children do walk or bike to school without adult supervision.

Contact
Helen Siewers
Warren County Greenways Coordinator, Bowling Green
helen_siewers@yahoo.com

Erlanger, Kentucky, Miles Elementary: Walking School Bus
A group of concerned Erlanger City officials, parents, community members, and Miles Elementary principal and staff have been working with the Northern Kentucky Health Department and the cities of Erlanger and Elsmere to create safer walking routes for kids to get to school. The group formed a Safe Routes to School committee for Miles Elementary. This committee has been working on developing the "Walking School Bus" program (a part of the Safe Routes to School Program).

In this program, there are designated Walking School Bus routes that lead to Miles Elementary. With each route, there is an adult who acts as the "bus driver" to walk the students to school. Much like a regular school bus, the students fall into line behind the adult, and are lead safely to school. The adult will also walk the students back home after school. All Walking School Bus coordinators (those adults leading a route) will receive a backpack full of supplies to make sure the students’ arrival to school and from school is safe. Supplies include things like umbrellas and a first aid kit.

Other Statewide and Regional Programs

Get Healthy Kentucky
Partnership for a Fit Kentucky 
Share the Road
Walk to School Day

Legislation and Policies
The Kentucky Bicycle and Bikeway Commission was created in 1992 as part of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and consists of seven members all appointed by the Governor. Issues considered include promoting the “share the road” license plate and how to spend the $3,000 proceeds collected so far, promoting and assisting local activists for cycling causes, providing some assistance by the state to the Kentucky Rails to Trails Council, and adding “share the road” signage to the bike routes shown in the state brochure.

Meetings & Events
Share the Road is an annual road ralley that encourages bicyclists, walkers, and runners of all ages to show support for safe roadways.