Missouri
Missouri SRTS State Network
Missouri is one of twenty jurisdictions participating in the SRTS National Partnership Network Project. This initiative creates state networks that bring together advocacy groups, government agencies, and other leaders.
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.
Missouri Partner Affiliates
Find out which organizations in your state have pledged their support as partner affiliates of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership.
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 Policy Achievements:
This promotional piece highlights Missouri’s state network policy achievements.
Missouri State Network Partners
Bayless School District
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
Columbia, MO Board of Education
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
M-SLICE (Metro St. Louis Coalition for Inclusion and Equity)
Mayor Darwin Hindman, Columbia
Mayor Mark Funkhouser, Kansas City
Metro St. Louis Coalition for Inclusion and Equity (M-SLICE)
Mid-America Regional Council
Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation
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 Department of Natural Resources
Missouri Department of Transportation
Missouri Foundation for Bicycling and Walking
Missouri Foundation for Health
Missouri Park and Recreation Association
Missouri PTA
Missouri School Boards Association
Office of Congressman Russ Carnahan
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
Springfield/Greene County Health Department
STAR Team, Springfield
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.
Quick Links
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:
| 2005 Actual | 2006 Actual | 2007 Actual | 2008 Actual | 2009 Actual |
| $1,000,000 | $1,620,703 | $2,146,792 | $2,646,419 | $3,317,763 |
* Funding for SRTS is being continued into FY2010 and FY2011 at FY2009 levels.
Application Guidelines
MoDOT awarded 16 grants totaling $3.4 million in the fourth funding cycle. The first three funding cycles in Missouri awarded 66 infrastructure projects and 88 non-infrastructure activities. Further infrastructure funding from the MoDOT SRTS program is dependent on the availability of future federal SRTS funding.
MoDOT SRTS Coordinator, John Schaefer, held a webinar explaining the State Safe Routes to School program, the application process, and how to apply for funding. This webinar is available online. The page has links to helpful information and resources for preparing applications.
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 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
Meramec Region receives $500,000 in Safe Routes to School Grants
Columbia, MO
Ten walking school bus routes in Columbia, MO, organized by the PedNet Coalition, have significantly reduced carbon emissions and air pollutants as 350 registered students who used to be driven to school are now walking or bicycling. The result is a reduction of 40,000 miles driven to school each year, producing 19 fewer tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and 1 less ton of other air pollutants. Approximately 20 to 30 percent of participants also walk or bicycle home from school, further increasing the environmental impact.
Columbia, MO: 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.