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

Missouri State Network Organizer
Brent Hugh
Missouri Foundation for Bicycling and Walking
(816) 695-6736
missouri@saferoutespartnership.org
www.mobikefed.org/foundation

Missouri State Network Honorary Chair
Darwin Hindman
Former Mayor of Columbia, Missouri, and nationally recognized SRTS champion
(573) 449-5227
dhindman@socket.net 

Missouri State Network Co-Chairs
Sarah Shipley
Missouri Foundation for Bicycling and Walking
(202) 577-7141
sarah_shipley20024@yahoo.com

Eric Bunch
Missouri Foundation for Bicycling and Walking
(573) 701-2492
eric.bunch@mobikefed.org

Missouri State Network Partners
Bridging the Gap, Kansas City
City of Columbia
City of Gladstone
City of Independence Parks and Recreation
City of Kansas City, Missouri
City of Raymore
City of Springfield Public Works Department
Columbia/Boone County Health Department
Commissioner Kathy Dusenbery, Platte County
Great Rivers Greenway District
Greater St. Joseph Area MPO
Incarnate Word Foundation
Jefferson County Missouri Health Department
Kansas City Bicycle Club
Kansas Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School Program
KC Healthy Kids
Let’s Go KC
Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder
Mayor Darwin Hindman, Columbia
Mayor Mark Funkhouser, Kansas City
Mid-America Regional Council
Missouri Convergence Partnership
Missouri Coordinated School Health Coalition
Missouri Council for Activity and Nutrition
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Missouri Foundation for Health
Missouri Park and Recreation Association
Missouri PTA
Missouri School Boards Association
Ozark Family Resource Agency
Ozark Foothills Child Advocacy Center
Ozark Greenways
Ozark Heart Health Program, Washington University Bureau of Health Promotion
Ozark Transportation Organization
PedNet Coalition, Columbia
Raytown C-2 School District
Representative Charlie Denison, Springfield
Representative Charlie Norr, Springfield
Representative Chris Carter, St Louis
Representative Jeanne Kirkton, St. Louis
Representative Sara Lampe, St Louis
Revolve, Kansas City
Reynolds County Health Center
Scenic Missouri
Soulard Renaissance
STAR Team, Springfield
St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation
Trailnet, St. Louis
Transtria, St. Louis
Truman State University Bicycle Co-Op
University of Missouri Extension
Urban Kansas City Community of Cycling
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Region VII Office of Minority Health
Warsaw Missouri Parks and Recreation
The Whole Person
A number of individuals

Missouri SRTS Program
Managed by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), Missouri’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.

Call for Projects
The Missouri Safe Routes to School program will be accepting grant applications for Noninfrastructure projects. The grant cycle will be opened on March 1, 2010 and will close on April 15, 2010. For more information visit the MoDOT Safe Routes to School website or call 1-800-800-2358.

Missouri DOT SRTS Coordinator
John Schaefer
(573) 751-2845
John.SchaeferJr@modot.mo.gov
http://www.modot.org/safety/SafeRoutestoSchool.htm

Click on any of the menu items below for more information:
Missouri SRTS Federal Funding
Application Guidelines
State Advisory Committee
State Outreach Programs
Evaluation Methods
Success Stories and Best Practices
Missouri Partner Affiliates

Missouri SRTS Federal Funding
Missouri’s SRTS funding from FY2005-2009* totals $10,731,677 and includes the following annual apportionments:

* Funding for SRTS is being continued into FY2010 at FY2009 levels.

Application Guidelines
The SRTS program has been very popular in Missouri. There have been two funding cycles with more than 200 applications requesting over $50 million since the program was initiated. The large number of applications has kept the SRTS advisory committee busy reviewing projects. From the requests for funds, nearly $9 million of projects have been awarded.

Missouri funds both infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. Infrastructure projects must be within a two-mile radius of K-8 schools and can include: sidewalk improvements, traffic calming and speed reduction improvements, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, etc. Non-infrastructure activities could include traffic safety education, funding for training, public awareness campaigns, and traffic enforcement within the vicinity of the schools.

Please check the Missouri SRTS program page.

State Advisory Committee
Missouri's SRTS Advisory Committee is comprised of members from law enforcement agencies, cities, MPO, schools, non-profits, other state agencies - PTA (Missouri Parent Teacher’s Association), MSBA(Missouri School Board Association), DESE(Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, DHSS(Department of Health and Senior Services Highway Patrol and MoDOT.  They meet every four-five months.  The Advisory Committee was formed in April of 2006. 

State Outreach Programs
Missouri held a statewide conferences in 2007 and 2008.  They are planning  another conference for 2010.  A small registration fee and hotel expenses are all that is required of the attendees. The conference last year and subsequent future conferences involved the National Training provided by NCSRTS and local projects and activities including a mini -training of the Walking School Bus program by PedNet.   

MoDOT also partnered with PedNet to provide a free workshop for Walking School Bus Coordinator’s in an effort to get more schools involved with WSB programs and IWTS events or simply local WTS events.  They offered this on February 2, 2008 to give the potential programs an opportunity to get started with the current grant cycle.

Evaluation Methods
MoDOT requires NCSRTS parent surveys and teacher tallies to be completed prior to a project/activity beginning, and within six months after the project/activity is completed.  A penalty is in place should the grantee not comply.

Success Stories and Best Practices
Columbia, Missouri: Walking School Bus Develops Healthy Kids and Parents
When Tracy Culley and her third-grade son Aaron moved into the Fairview School district in Columbia, Missouri, she heard about the Walking School Bus (WSB) program and the need for volunteer leaders. At the time, Tracy was trying to lose weight and her schedule allowed her to walk a group of kids to school three days a week, so she signed up and completed the training.

During the first two months as a WSB leader, Tracy lost 12-15 pounds. She credits her commitment to the WSB with keeping her active, as she walked two to three miles every day to school and back, in the mornings and afternoons. Her son made friends quickly with the kids on the WSB and the unstructured time allowed him and the other kids to get the excess energy out of their systems. Tracy is now a spokesperson for WSB volunteer leaders and tells her story during new volunteer training.

More than 160 kids in six Columbia schools enjoy the WSB program, which is the result of a partnership between the Columbia/Boone County Health Department and the PedNet Coalition. Since 2000, PedNet has been improving and expanding the access to and safety of Columbia’s bicycling, wheeling, and walking network. PedNet has received funding and support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Missouri Foundation for Health, and Bikes Belong.

Contacts:
Stacia Reilly
Columbia/Boone County Health Department
(573) 874-6345
srreilly@GoColumbiaMO.com 
www.gocolumbiamo.com

Ian Thomas
PedNet Coalition
(573) 445-2928
ian@pednet.org
www.pednet.org

Missouri Partner Affiliates
Find out which organizations in your state have pledged their support for the Safe Routes to School movement.