Welcome to the Safe Routes to School Online Guide. This guide is
a comprehensive online reference manual designed to support the
development of Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs. It
provides links to other SRTS publications and training
resources. Readers of the online guide can pick and choose
specific topics based on their interests and needs, such as
guidelines for adult school crossing guards, tools to create
school route maps, and ways to include children with
disabilities in SRTS initiatives. One of the basic tenets of
pedestrian and bicycle safety is that to be effective, safety
programs must be comprehensive – involving engineering,
education, enforcement and evaluation. The online guide supports
that premise by providing “one-stop shopping” on all aspects of
SRTS. Plus it adds additional elements that apply to school
programs, such as motivating students to walk and bicycle to
school – or “encouragement”. This online guide contains several
chapters. Each chapter is subdivided into sections. The s