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

Safe Routes to School 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, preventing chronic disease, and improving physical health overall. The Safe Routes to School Program provides 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. Between February 2023 and September 2024, adult and youth partnerships have revitalized Safe Routes to School efforts within the City of Bozeman and surrounding areas. Walk audits, traffic calming art installations, and other community engagement activities creatively solicited youth voices and ideas in transportation planning and promotion of safe active transportation. Safe Routes to School programs are challenged to find consistent funding to sustain efforts within the community.

• Record URL:
  • https://westerntransportationinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/4WA236-Engaging-Community-and-Youth-Safe-Routes-to-Schools-Final-Report_20240930.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78450
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Western Transportation Institute

  Montana State University
  2327 University Way #6
  Bozeman, MT  United States  59715

  Small Urban, Rural and Tribal Center on Mobility

  Western Transportation Institute
  Montana State University
  Bozeman, MT  United States 

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • MacFarlane, Jennifer
  • 0009-0008-6139-8055
  • Kack, David
• Publication Date: 2024-9-30

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 9p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Nonmotorized transportation; Pedestrian safety; Public participation; School children; School trips; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: Safe Routes to School (Program)
• Geographic Terms: Bozeman (Montana)
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01936905
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 15 2024 9:47AM