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Safe Routes to School Program

 

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Safe Routes

Safe Routes Minnesota provides funding to community and school groups to make improvements to the routes your children use to walk and bike to school.

 

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Elementary school students walk their bikes across a street at a crosswalk as crossing guards secure their way.
MnDOT wants to make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative to students and their families, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age.

 

Grants are awarded to 92 schools

Safe Routes to School program is awarding 92 schools of $768,000 in federal funding to help fund plans and implementation work.

 

Bike to School Day

Wednesday, May 9 is Bike to School Day!  Register your event, find resources or find an event near you at http://www.walkbiketoschool.org/.

 

Map-a-Route

The National Center for Safe Routes to School released a new tool to help communities build and share walking and biking routes to school. Learn more about the Map-a-Route tool