Engaging Community Partners and Youth to Enhance and Sustain Safe Routes to School

Studies have shown that Safe Routes to School projects and programs increase the number of children who walk and bike to school. By building pedestrian skills at a young age, students are more likely to choose active transportation modes across their lifespan, therefore decreasing vehicle miles traveled, reducing vehicle emissions, and preventing chronic disease and improving physical health overall. The Safe Routes to School Program will provide critical support for organizing and implementing pedestrian safety education and encouragement activities. These activities are critical for developing skills to walk and bike safely among one of our community’s most vulnerable road users, children.

• Record URL:
  https://westerntransportationinstitute.org/research_projects/engaging-community-partners-and-youth-to-enhance-and-sustain-safe-routes-to-school/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $93840
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747122

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Marino, Karen

• Performing Organizations:

  Western Transportation Institute

  Montana State University, Bozeman
  P.O. Box 174250
  Bozeman, MT  United States  59717-4250
• Principal Investigators:

  Madsen, Matthew

• Start Date: 20230201
• Expected Completion Date: 20240901
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Pedestrian education; School children
• Identifier Terms: Safe Routes to School (Program)
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Pedestrians and Bicyclists;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01932346
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Small Urban, Rural and Tribal Center on Mobility
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747122
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Sep 30 2024 12:21PM