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How Children Get to School: School Travel Patterns from 1969 to 2009

This report describes how student school travel in the U.S. changed from 1969 through 2009 using information from the 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) and the 1969 and 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Surveys (NPTS). The report presents the two measures of school travel captured by the NHTS and NPTS: usual school travel mode as reported by parents (1969, 2009), and the school travel mode as reported by students on the day they completed a travel diary (1995, 2001 and 2009).

Authoring Organization: 
National Center for Safe Routes to School
Resource File: 
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Federal Safe Routes to School Program Progress Report

This report aims to describe how federal and state agencies met the requirements of the legislation; the program’s reach and types of projects funded; and an overview of how state programs are administered.

Authoring Organization: 
National Center for Safe Routes to School
Resource File: 
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Federal Safe Routes to School Program Evaluation Plan

Authoring Organization: 
National Center for Safe Routes to School
Resource File: 
application/pdf iconNationalEvaluationPlan.pdf

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Chagrin Falls, Ohio: Comprehensive Safe Routes to School Program built around village cooperation and core goals of safety and encouragement

Safe Routes Chagrin is a truly cooperative endeavor which has improved safety and encouraged more students to walk and bike while building a sustainable program supported by the entire community.

Introduction

Chagrin Falls is a village of about 4,000 residents located 17 miles southeast of Cleveland.  The village school system includes an elementary school (grades K-3), an intermediate school (grades 4-6, school population about 480), a middle school (grades 7-8, school population about 320), and a high school.

January Webinar: Walk Talk— The SRTS Call-In Show Webinar

Safe Routes Matters: 
November/December 2012

Think talk radio is just for radio?  Think again.

From Mr. Anthony in the 1930s to Click and Clack, Joe and Terry, Rush, and Diane Rehm today, people love the call-in format.  We ask questions, we get answers.  Simple.

People who work on SRTS programs are no different.  We like answers to our questions, too.  And now we have our own call-in show, sort of, offering expert advice to overcome the challenges we face in achieving our most ardent SRTS dreams.

National Center Launches Walking School Bus Online Training

Safe Routes Matters: 
November/December 2012

The National Center announced in November the release of The Walking School Bus Program: A Primer and First Steps, an online audio/video training program that provides strategies and tips for planning a Walking School Bus program.

Joke contest hatches award winning Safe Routes to School program

Safe Routes Matters: 
November/December 2012
[Editor’s note: This article is longer than the normal Safe Routes Matters article, but with good reason: it is chock-full of great ideas for Safe Routes to School programs.  We have included links to key ideas to make navigating easier.]
 
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Evaluation and planning  ||  Improving infrastructure
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Mini Grant helps El Paso school on military base grow bike licensing program

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November/December 2012

Milam Elementary in El Paso, Texas, has a unique method for keeping students safe and cycling.  For the past six years, Milam (pronounced MY-lum) has given a bike license to each student in grades 3, 4 and 5 who passes a written and skills test after a two-week bicycle safety course.  The license allows those students to ride their bikes to school on their own (that year OR for the duration of their time at the school).

Volunteers and Liability: The Federal Volunteer Protection Act

A federal law—the Volunteer Protection Act—provides volunteers with significant protections from liability associated with volunteer activity in every state but one.  Some states also have laws that provide additional protections for volunteers.

This fact sheet, developed in 2010 by the National Policy and Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN), a ChangeLab Solutions project, provides an overview of legal protections designed to shield volunteers from liability.

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