Programs

Safe Routes to School

Learn from people who know how to make things happen.

America Walks, in partnership with the National Center for Safe Routes to School, developed a webinar series to share our expertise on starting and running Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Programs.

These monthly webinars are FREE and are for parents, students, teachers, agency staff, community members, professionals, and other interested parties  about safe routes to school. Each lasts 60 minutes and covers topics that will help you lead a successful grassroots action. You’ll be able to pose questions of the presenters and see real-time polls of the meeting attendees.

Upcoming Webinars

All webinars are held on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 1 pm Eastern Time

• May 22nd: Award Winning SRTS Programs
• June 14th: Getting Drivers to Slow Down (registration coming soon)
• June 28th International SRTS Programs  (registration coming soon)
• July 17th: SRTS and Safety Prioritizaton  (registration coming soon)
• August 21: SRTS in Indian Country (Part I) (registration coming soon)
• September 4: SRTS in Indian Country (Part II) (registration coming soon)

After registering, you’ll receive a toll-free telephone number and access code via email. If you won’t have access to an Internet-enabled computer at the time of the call, please request an advance copy of the materials so you can follow along with telephone only. For more information, please contact Michelle Gulley at mgulley(at)americawalks.org.

Registration links are posted at least two weeks prior to the presentation date. To receive notifications for future presentations when registration is available, please contact us.

Past Webinars

2012

• Tips for Funding Your SRTS Program
• Building a SRTS Bike Brigage: Tips for Getting Started and Spreading Success
• Making the Cold Cool: Keeping Your SRTS Program Going through the Winter
• Pump Down the Volume: SRTS and  Traffic Reduction

2011  

• Making the Cold Cool: Keeping Your SRTS Program Running During the Winter
• Engaging Youth in Your SRTS Program
• Keys to a Successful SRTS Program: Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers
• Location, Location, Location: New Guidance on Locating Schools in a Healthy, Sustainable Way 
• Creating BUZZ Around Your SRTS Event
• How to Include Bus Riders in Your SRTS Program
• Great Ways to Include Bicycling in Your SRTS Program  
• Lessons from Florida’s Crossing Guard Program
• How to Build a Walking School Bus Program from Grass Roots Up: Best Practices in Design, Implementation and Dissemination 
• Ways to Involve Law Enforcement in Safe Routes to School
• SRTS is Going High Tech

 

2010

• Top 10 Engineering Issues with Safe Routes to School
• Making New Places for Play: Joint Use Agreements Between Schools and Parks
• Personal Security and Safe Routes to School
• Looking Both Ways: Helping Parents and Educators Support Safe Walking and Bicycling
• SRTS 101: Information and Resources to Jumpstart Your Program
• Navigating Change: How to Use the Updated System for Accessing Parent Surveys and Student Travel Tallies
• SRTS Mini Grants: How a Little Can Go a Long Way
• Ensuring Your SRTS Program Includes Children with Disabilities
• Environmental Measures for Safe Routes to School: Understanding the Basics of Air Pollution
• What Does it Take to Get Drivers to Yield? Engineering Measures that Work
• Connecting Safe Routes to School with Health
• School Bicycling and Walking Policies, Addressing Policies that Hinder and Implementing Policies that Help
• Looking Both Ways: Helping parents and educators support safe walking and bicycling

2009

• November: The Real Cost of School Siting
  By Matthew Dalbey, US EPA & Renee Kuhlman, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• October: Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Learning By Example from an Award-Winning SRTS Program
  By Jim Kornish, Bear Creek Elementary School SRTS Parent Organizer
• September: SR2S – Teens Go Green Program
  By Aviva Joseph & Gwen Froh, Teen Coordinators, Marin County Bicycle Coalition
• August: Safe Routes to School: A National View of Parent Attitudes and Student Travel
• June: Complying with the ADA within Safe Routes to School
• May: SRTS in Rural Communities
  By Cookie Leffler, SRTS Coordinator, Mississippi Dept. of Transportation
• April: Safe Routes to School and the Built Environment, Part II
  By David Parisi, AIA & Mike Cynecki, P.E.
• March: Safe Routes to School and the Built Environment, Part I
  By David Parisi, AIA & Mike Cynecki, P.E.
• February: Turning Walk to School Day Into a Year Round Pedestrian Program
• January: Chicago’s Safe Routes Ambassador Program: Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Education in Chicago

2008

• November: SRTS Liability Issues
• October: Taking it to the Streets: NJDOT’s Urban SRTS Demonstration Project
• September: How to Plan, Organize and Run and SRTS Event
• August: Engaging Local News Media to Promote SRTS
• July: Physical Activity’s Positive Effects on Learning
• June: Sidewalk Safety “Smarts” – WalkBoston’s Guide to Safety Training for Second Graders
• May: Building Community Support for SRTS Programs
• April: Who Cares About Safe Routes? How to Make the Case in Your Community?
• March: Starting a Safe Routes to School Program with Zero Funds
• February: Collaborating with Low-Income Communities of Color
• January: Getting Your Story Out: How to Successfully Promote Grassroots Safe Routes Projects