Resources for Walking + Biking to School
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ATTEND THE FIRST ANNUAL SRTS NATIONAL CONFERENCE
1st Annual SRTS National Conference: Creating, Building and Sustaining Momentum
Nov. 5-7, 2007, Dearborn, Michigan
Register to attend at www.saferoutesmichigan.org. The conference is presented by the National Center for Safe Routes to School and the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, and is being hosted by the Michigan Fitness Foundation. The conference will take place at the historic Dearborn Inn in Dearborn, MI. Everyone interested in the health and safety of the school children is encouraged to attend.
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SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
- What is Safe Routes to School?
- What do we do?
- Next Steps: Keeping the Program Running
- Safe Routes to School Toolkit - NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website
- Safe Routes to School Toolkit - Oregon Supplement (759 Kb) a 32 page full color PDF document with information about Oregon programs and contact information (not updated since 2001)
WHY WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL?
- Walk and Bike Key Media Messages
- Obesity and Inactivity
- Environmental Risk of Driving to School: Facts about Diesel Busses
OTHER SAMPLE ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAMS
Walk + Bike School Bus
- What is a Walk+Bike School Bus?
- School Bus programs in other parts of the world
Walk+Bike School Bus GUIDEBOOK (10.6 Mb PDF) a 26-page full-color manual which takes you step by step through the process of creating an ongoing walking School Bus.
OTHER RESOURCES
- BIKE SAFETY VIDEOS
- Walkability Checklist. Use this checklist to collect information about the obstacles present when walking to school.
- HACERLO MÁS CÓMODO PARA CAMINAR [Tome Note en Español]
- Bikeability Checklist. How bikable is your community
Coloring Page. "It’s Really Cool to Walk to School!"
