Safe Routes to School Programs

Students participated Wednesday January 18 in the kick-off of a weekly walk-to-school program at Howe Avenue Elementary. Every Wednesday morning, parent volunteers will meet students at set times and locations, and will walk set routes to school—a program known as a “walking school bus.” Typically, at locations across the county, walking school buses only run […]

Thank you to all who made it out on Friday, October 21, for the 3rd Sacramento Safe Routes to School Five E’s Conference. Over 60 Safe Routes to School advocates gathered at the Sacramento County Office of Education to hear presentations from local SRTS experts, to receive tips for developing and drafting good grants, and to review real

If you’d like to learn more about Safe Routes to School, WALKSacramento has an upcoming event that will be of great interest to you. Our 3rd annual Sacramento Safe Routes Five E’s Conference will be held Friday, October 21 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm at the Sacramento County Office of Education. The focus of

We are pleased to report that the Transportation Enhancements program was saved as part of the general extension of federal transportation funding on September 13.  Thanks for all of the cards and letters!! Save Transportation Enhancements in the Transportation Extension Contact Your Senators Today to Preserve Bicycle and Pedestrian Funding This year, around $700 million

We had a blast at the 3rd National Safe Routes to School Conference which was held last week in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Here are some of the highlights. Prioritizing funding of SRTS projects is an issue for applicants because funding is very competitive. A few presentations addressed methods of prioritizing projects. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation