Arkansas
Arkansas SRTS Program
Managed by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Arkansas’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.
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Arkansas SRTS Federal Funding | Application Guidelines
Success Stories | Arkansas Partner Affiliates
Arkansas SRTS Federal Funding
Arkansas’s SRTS funding from FY2005-2009* totals $5,936,987 and includes the following annual apportionments:
| 2005 Actual | 2006 Actual | 2007 Actual | 2008 Actual | 2009 Actual |
| $1,000,000 | $990,000 | $1,027,338 | $1,297,202 | $1,622,447 |
* Funding for SRTS is being continued into FY2010 at FY2009 levels.
Application Guidelines
Arkansas DOT has awarded Safe Routes to School funding in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011.
Success Stories and Best Practices
Fayetteville, AR SRTS Education Grant Update
By the end of the year, every third through fifth grader in Arkansas public schools will have completed a 6-unit Physical Education Bike ED curriculum thanks to the Safe Routes to School Education Grant to the Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks.
Thousands of children are being fit with new helmets and presented with the basic principles of predictable, visible assertive cycling. With a combination of in-class practice and discussion, walk-through right-of-way drills and on-bike drills courses, the children are learning that bicycles are a safe, convenient, healthy and enjoyable form of transportation that requires skill and alertness.
Already, after completion at one elementary school, the students are exhibiting a more thorough knowledge of the Rules of the Road and the Arkansas State Vehicle Code. Student feedback has been positive, and we look forward to seeing if bicycle commuting increases when we conduct another "post bike ED" SRTS Student Travel Tally report.
Laura Kelly
Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks
bco@bconwa.com
Arkansas Partner Affiliates
Find out which organizations in your state have pledged their support for the Safe Routes to School movement. Arkansas Partner Affiliates.