This post has been edited to clarify the difference between unobligated funds and awarded funds.
On Thursday, March 31st from 3pm-4pm CT the Houston Health Department is hosting a free webinar presented by the Safe Routes Partnership: Turning Enthusiasm into Action: How to Get a Safe Routes to School Program Up and Running at Your School.
Check out the new publication Taking on Traffic Laws: A How-To Guide for Decriminalizing Mobility, a collaborative effort between the Safe Routes Partnership and BikeWalkKC!
Join us as we share strategies for designing Safe Routes to School events that serve multiple purposes including encouraging walking and rolling, conducting community research, evaluating your program, and sustaining momentum beyond a single event.
Please join us for the second in our 2021-2022 ATP Webinar Series. The Safe Routes Partnership began hosting webinars for applicants to the Active Transportation Program in Cycle 5, and we are excited to provide another round of webinars in anticipation of Cycle 6.
This post has been edited to clarify the difference between unobligated funds and awarded funds.
To mark the launch of our new toolkit, Let’s Get Together: A Guide for Engaging Communities and Creating Change, the Safe Routes Partnership is hosting a free two-part webinar and Zoom networking session.
Join us as we dive into engineering strategies for Safe Routes to School projects.
Join us as we explore strategies for culturally responsive Safe Routes to School programming and what you can do to engage students and families facing barriers to participation like racial and cultural norms, language, and income.
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We at the Safe Routes Partnership hope 2022 is off to a happy, healthy start for you and your communities. We celebrated the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) late in 2021, and now we are here to help you take advantage of the positive policy changes and new money included in the law.
This resource is for individuals, organizations, and government agencies working on equity and engagement in Safe Routes to School and beyond.
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On Tuesday, January 11th from 11 am to noon Mountain, the Colorado Department of Transportation is hosting a free webinar presented by the Safe Routes Partnership:
Now that the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) has been signed into law, we are seeing a flurry of excitement about what it means for Safe Routes to School, walking, and bicycling. And we are also seeing uncertainty about what the law requires and what it offers related to Safe Routes to School. In particular, the section that restored the Safe Routes to School program is leading to confusion for advocates and agencies alike. We are here to help you make sense of it what it means, why it happened like this, and what to do about it.
On Tuesday, January 11th from 11 am to 12 pm Mountain, the Colorado Department of Transportation is hosting a free webinar presented by the Safe Routes Partnership:
This resource is for individuals, organizations, and government agencies that are working on community engagement in Colorado.
On November 5, 2021, the House passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. The Senate passed the bill in August, which means it now advances to President Biden to sign into law. Colloquially referred to as “the infrastructure bill”, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 is a monumental investment in the safety and support of people walking and bicycling.
On Thursday, November 18th from 3pm-4pm CT the Houston Health Department is hosting a free webinar presented by the Safe Routes Partnership:
While Democrats continue to iron out negotiations on Build Back Better, the partisan human-infrastructure bill, Congress passed another short-term extension for surface transportation on October 28th. This extension runs through December 3, 2021. As a reminder, these short-term extensions keep funding levels and policy unchanged.
On Thursday, October 28th from 3pm-4pm CT the Houston Health Department is hosting a free webinar presented by the Safe Routes Partnership:
Starting and Growing a Strong Safe Routes to School Program
Thursday, October 28th, 3pm-4pm CT