Resource Library

Land use and facility planning by local governments and school districts have become separated in many communities and this lack of coordination has contributed to larger, more distant schools that have less connection with their communities and the people they serve.5 

Learn about how to involve health champions in your programs, how to include health in all policies related to Safe Routes to School.

The commmunity recreation access agreement is to provide a clear understanding to the community as to when they can access the outdoor fitness equipment and fields at Palomares Academy of Health Sciences.

This study examines associations between mode of travel to non-school destinations and physical activity in schoolchildren.

This toolkit is designed to assist community partners in Washington state enter into successful joint use agreements.

This guide, created through a contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is intended to give Safe Routes to School practitioners, teachers, school administrators and others the necessary background information to fully understand the positive benefits of teaching bicycle and pedestrian education in the classroom. 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has developed videos and training resources on bicyle and pedestrian safety for law enforcement. 

The Safe Routes to School Local Policy Guide was published to help local communities and schools create, enact and implement policies which will support active and healthy community environments that encourage safe walking and bicycling and physical activity by children through a Health in All Policies approach. 

This report includes policy successes, lessons learned and local success stories that were a result of policy changes led by the 20 state network coalitions. 

The report, focused on selling Safe Routes to School in tough economic times, shares new data, dollar figures and facts about the wide-ranging benefits of the federal Safe Routes to School program and illustrates them with local success stories. 

This article aims to supplement scarce research on the children’s attitudes to cars and the environment. Assuming that attitudes to cars develop in childhood, this article draws upon the writing assignments and interviews exploring the upper-elementary school children’s attitudes to cars.

Ths webinar includes several organizations that have successfully engaged at the state and local levels to utilize Safe Routes to School to build capacity and leadership through an effective Safe Routes to School campaign.

The goal of this study was to understand the correlations between traffic variables and air pollutant concentrations at an inner city school site.

Automobile exhaust pose health risks and dependency on car commuting also reduces physical fitness opportunities. This study attempts to quantify the benefits of reducing automobile usage for short urban and suburban trips.

This study is the first bi-national investigation characterizing traffic air pollutants at four schools in El Paso, USA and Cd. Juarez, Mexico.

This fact sheet contains excerpts from the report "Safe Routes to School: Helping Communities Save Lives and Dollars." 

This article examines the role smart growth can play in achieving planning objectives, including energy conservation and emission reductions. It summarizes existing literature on land use impacts on travel activity, energy consumption and pollution emissions. It examines claims that smart growth policies are ineffective and harmful.

This paper investigates pedestrian exposure to traffic emissions at the Marylebone Road–Gloucester Place intersection in central London, taking a particular interest in the peak exposures occurring within minutes.

KEY TAKEAWAY:

There are disparities in physical activity and academic achievement among urban minority school-aged children, and improving physical activity and fitness in schools, especially through active transportation to school, could be a strategy for improving academic achievement among this group.

KEY TAKEAWAY:

This study demonstrated improved academic performance following implementation of physically active academic lessons.