What is Safe Routes to School?

Safe Routes to School is an international movement promoting walking and bicycling to school by supporting efforts to make it safe, convenient and fun for children to do so. When routes are safe, walking or biking to and from school is an easy way to get the regular physical exercise that children need for a healthy lifestyle. Safe Routes to School initiatives also help to ease traffic congestion and air pollution, improve community spirit and contribute to students' readiness to learn in school.

The Connecticut Safe Routes to School Program is coordinating statewide public outreach on Safe Routes to School initiatives, as well as offer related training activities, technical assistance and administer an infrastructure grant program.

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What's Happening in Connecticut:

Skinner Road School Representatives speak at the 2007 National Safe Routes to School Conference:  Judi Manfre, school nurse,  and Patty Buell, Principal,  of Skinner Road School in Vernon, CT presented their experience with Walking Wednesdays at the 2007 National Safe Routes to School Conference in Michigan in November 2007.  Contact us for more information on starting a Walking Wednesday program at your school.

Connecticut’s Safe Routes to School Program received recognition for its efforts by being included in the National Center for Safe Routes to School’s Collection of Case Studies. 

To access the document, please visit drusilla.hsrc.unc.edu/cms/downloads/srts_case_studies.pdf.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation was nominated for the 2007 James L. Oberstar Safe Routes to School Award. The Oberstar Award is given annually by the National Center for Safe Routes to School (NCSRTS) to an exemplary Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program in the United States.  The 2007 Award was given to the Michigan Department of Transportation.  For more information on the James L. Oberstar Award, please visit http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/news_room/oberstar_award/.