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North Carolina
North Carolina SRTS Program
Managed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation, North Carolina’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.
North Carolina DOT SRTS Coordinator
Leza Wright Mundt, AICP
(919) 807-0774
wmundt@dot.state.nc.us
http://www.ncdot.org/programs/safeRoutes/
Click on any of the menu items below for more information:
North Carolina SRTS Federal Funding
Application Guidelines
State Advisory Committee
State Outreach Programs
Evaluation Methods
Other Statewide and Regional Programs
North Carolina Partner Affiliates
North Carolina SRTS Federal Funding
North Carolina’s SRTS funding totals $15,625,520 and includes the following annual apportionments:
| 2005 Actual |
2006 Actual |
2007 Actual |
2008 Actual |
2009 Projected |
| $1,000,000 |
$2,333,556 |
$3,175,243 |
$4,050,525 |
$5,066,196 |
Application Guidelines
North Carolina is currently developing grant guidelines and their applications. The state anticipates a call for demonstration projects in fall 2007, open to communities and schools who have had SRTS workshops. An open call for grants will be held in late 2007 or early 2008.
State Advisory Committee
North Carolina currently does not have a State Advisory Committee but is considering forming one.
State Outreach Programs
North Carolina’s SRTS program offers the SRTS National Course workshops to interested schools. State-trained instructors teach these courses at no cost to attendees. Please keep in mind that not all requests that are received can be granted.
North Carolina is honoring requests for speakers at professional organization meetings, such as the Women’s Transportation Seminar and Institute of Transportation Engineers. In addition, the North Carolina SRTS program presented at the state’s Rural Planning Organizations’ (RPO) quarterly meeting in July 2007.
Evaluation Methods
An evaluation requirement is anticipated and other state methodologies are being reviewed for possible use.
Other Statewide and Regional Programs
North Carolina currently promotes two programs that enhance pedestrian and bicycling safety and encourage walking and biking by school children. The first is the Basics of Bicycling Curriculum Initiative. This elementary school-level course was developed in 1990 by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation (DBPT) and the Bicycle Federation of America (now the National Center for Bicycling and Walking). More than half of the 120 school systems across North Carolina have used the program, which currently reaches approximately 60,000 fourth and fifth graders annually. The curriculum includes seven lessons, requiring seven classes that cover bike handling, traffic, high-risk situations, and rules of the road.
The second program, also developed by DBPT along with the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, is the North Carolina School Crossing Guard Training Program The objectives of this course are twofold:
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To protect North Carolina school children by standardizing instruction and procedures for crossing guards so that motorists across the state will know what to expect as they travel through school zones across the state.
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To teach children proper pedestrian skills so they will cross safely at other times and locations.
North Carolina Partner Affiliates
Find out which organizations in your state have pledged their support for the Safe Routes to School movement.
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