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Publications

The following publications are produced by the Safe Routes to School National Partnership (the Partnership) for use in promoting and documenting the success and goals of the national Safe Routes to School movement.  The GAO Report on SRTS and the Task Force Report on SRTS were not produced by the Partnership, but are listed here as a resource.

Safe Routes E-News
Our monthly E-News provides updates on Safe Routes to School news, issues, events, best practices, and legislation from across the country. For an archived list of Safe Routes E-News or to sign up for this publication, see Safe Routes E-News.

Partnership Brochure
Updated regularly, our brochure summarizes the national SRTS movement and the goals of the Partnership. Download or request copies of the Partnership brochure.

Safe Routes to School: Putting Traffic Safety First - How Safe Routes to School Initiatives Protect Children Walking and Bicycling
The Safe Routes to School National Partnership has released a new national report showing how SRTS programs can be harnessed to keep children safe from traffic dangers while walking and bicycling to school. Entitled, Safe Routes to School: Putting Traffic Safety First - How Safe Routes to School Initiatives Protect Children Walking and Bicycling, the report explores the approaches five different communities used through SRTS to create safer environments for children walking and bicycling. The five communities (Santa Rosa, CA; Miami-Dade County, FL; state of ME; Springfield, MO; and Portland, OR) each demonstrate how Safe Routes to School evaluation, education, encouragement, enforcement, and engineering can address traffic safety concerns. Many of these safety improvements are made at relatively low costs to communities and schools, yet have profound effects on keeping children safe while also improving physical health and the environment.

Safe Routes to School State Network Project: Final Report, 2007-2009, Making Change Through Partners and Policies
The Safe Routes to School National Partnership launched the State Network Project in 2007 to influence state-level Safe Routes to School implementation and to leverage additional resources and build a supportive environment through other state-level policies. The 2007–2009 Report describes the approach and structure of the Partnership’s State Network and Local School Projects in 10 jurisdictions (CA, DC, GA, IL, KY, LA, NY, OK, TX and VA). The networks were selected primarily based on high levels of childhood obesity, diversity and low income communities.  The report highlights the progress achieved at state and local levels over three years, including major accomplishments, lessons learned, and next steps.

Safe Routes to School: Steps to a Greener Future
This report indicates how Safe Routes to School is reducing carbon emissions and air pollutants.  The report profiles five communities that have made strides in reducing carbon dioxide emissions and harmful pollutants around schools through the implementation of Safe Routes to School programs. The five case studies documented in this report demonstrate initial promising successes, and show how one school’s effort often spreads to additional nearby schools, furthering the environmental impact. Columbia, MO; Las Cruces, NM; Longmont, CO; Marin County, CA; and Windsor, VT are featured.  Please contact Brooke Driesse for a high resolution electronic copy of the report.

Safe Routes to School 2009 Policy Report – Moving to the Future: Building on Early Achievements
This report gives some background information on Safe Routes to School and details challenges and opportunities in program implementation. The 2009 Policy Report also discuses a number of “big-picture” policies and practices that affect—positively or negatively—the ability of children to walk and bicycle to school or that can help institutionalize SRTS programs in a larger context. Some of these policies include school siting, complete streets, school bus route cuts, and more.

State Network Project: 2008 Annual Report
Safe Routes to School State Network Project: 2008 Annual Progress Report - Building Momentum and Policy Change provides an update on major State Network Project accomplishments in 2008, lessons learned, state summaries, and the Local School Project.

Safe Routes to School: Improves the Built Environment
This report focuses on case studies describing how ten states (California, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia) are awarding their SRTS federal funds to support improved infrastructure such as sidewalks, bike lanes, pathways, improved intersections, traffic calming, and more. Safe Routes to School: Improves the Built Environment shares information on local level implementation challenges, best practices, and securing more improvements to the built environment in your community.  Please contact Brooke Driesse for a high resolution electronic copy of the report.

Safe Routes to School: Leads to Greater Collaboration with Public Health and School Officials
This report demonstrates how Safe Routes to School is a collaborative effort involving multiple organizations, including state Departments of Education and state Departments of Public Health. Additionally, the report addresses how school siting decisions at the state and local levels affect opportunities to walk and bicycle to schools, which in turn affects opportunities for physical activity. The four case studies showcase examples of collaboration between public health and school officials at the state level through Safe Routes to School Advisory Committees, school siting guidelines, state standards for physical activity or wellness policies and more. California, Massachusetts, Mississippi and Oklahoma are featured.  Please contact Brooke Driesse for a high resolution electronic copy of this report.

Safe Routes to School: Increases Physical Activity and Improves Health
This report indicates how Safe Routes to School is being institutionalized at select schools, and providing a mechanism to improve student and school health. It provides local case studies from Benton County, OR; Eau Claire, WI; Flagstaff, AZ; and Garfield, NJ that detail how SRTS can lead to improved public health.  Click here to view the complete report.  Please contact Brooke Driesse for a high resolution copy of this report.

Safe Routes to School: State Networks Create Policy Change
The Safe Routes to School National Partnership is implementing the State Network Project to ensure program success and leverage resources by creating SRTS State Networks in nine states and the District of Columbia.  The following report outlines how State Networks can create policy change.  Click here to view it in full.  Please contact Brooke Driesse for a high resolution copy of this report.