Kansas
Kansas SRTS Program
Managed by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), Kansas’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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Kansas SRTS Federal Funding | Application Guidelines
State Outreach Programs | Kansas Partner Affiliates
Kansas SRTS Federal Funding
Kansas’s SRTS funding from FY2005-2009* totals $6,014,510 and includes the following annual apportionments:
| 2005 Actual | 2006 Actual | 2007 Actual | 2008 Actual | 2009 Actual |
| $1,000,000 | $990,000 | $1,064,595 | $1,313,282 | $1,646,633 |
* Funding for SRTS is being continued into FY2010 and FY2011 at FY2009 levels.
Application Guidelines
For the 4th application round, Kansas DOT selected six Phase 1 projects, thirteen Phase 2 projects, and two Non-Infrastructure projects. These projects totaled 3.6 million dollars. The non-infrastructure projects include creating an education curriculum based on pedestrian safety for second graders, and establishing walking school buses in three schools in the state.
The Kansas Safe Routes to School program consists of two different phases. In the first phase, communities receive funding to assist them with the creation of a Safe Routes to School plan. This planning document details the improvements needed within the community to get more children walking and bicycling to school. Effective Safe Routes to School plans include improvements that center on the Five E’s: Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, Engineering and Evaluation. The second phase of the Kansas Safe Routes to School program consists of communities receiving funding to implement the improvements addressed within their Safe Routes to School plan.
In the past, the application process has been very competitive, with KDOT receiving more applications than available funds. KDOT recently hosted three application workshops, all of which had high attendance levels. Given this, and the popularity of the Safe Routes to School program, KDOT is anticipating another competitive round.
In previous funding cycles, 41 non-infrastructure phase 1 projects and 18 infrastructure phase 2 projects were funded. Some examples of the types of projects funded include safety ambassador training and walking school bus programs.
KDOT is very pleased for the opportunity to assist communities in achieving their goals of getting more children walking and bicycling to school and making it safer for them to do so. Communities interested in applying for Kansas Safe Routes to School funds can find a copy of the application and supporting documents on the KDOT website at http://www.ksdot.org/burTrafficEng/sztoolbox/pdf/SRTS-Application.pdf.
State Outreach Programs
Kansas DOT offers application preparation workshops to provide both a background of the Kansas SRTS program, and to serve as a source for questions regarding the application process and eligible projects.
Kansas Partner Affiliates
Find out which organizations in your state have pledged their support for the Safe Routes to School movement.