Safe Routes to School Program

The purpose of the Federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program is

1. to enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school;

2. to make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age; and

3. to facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools.

The Program makes funding available for a wide variety of infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects, from building safer street crossings to establishing programs that encourage children and their parents to walk and bicycle safely to school.

For additional information on the Safe Routes to School Program, contact the SRTS Coordinator:

Tara Lucas,Safe Routes to School Coordinator
State of Hawaii Department of Transportation, Highways Division
601 Kamokila Blvd, Rm 602
Kapolei, HI 96707
email:   saferoutestoschool@hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 692-7696

Statewide Walk to School Day – September 28, 2011

Below is the link to SRTS Hawaii State Network Newsletter, which provides an article and pictures of the event:

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Below is the link to the pictures submitted by schools worldwide who participated in this event: http://www.iwalktoschool.org/photos/index.htm

For additional information on Safe Routes to School visit the National Center for Safe Routes to School at http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/