The following publications are produced by the Safe Routes Partnership for use in advancing Safe Routes to School, active transportation, and shared use in all communities. To search for a publication on a specific topic, use the advanced search tool and start typing in "Safe Routes Partnership" in the author field, then select it from the list that appears.

Report
Taking On Traffic Laws: A How-To Guide for Decriminalizing Mobility

Check out the new publication Taking on Traffic Laws: A How-To Guide for Decriminalizing Mobility, a collaborative effort between the Safe Routes Partnership and BikeWalkKC!

Fact Sheet
Power Mapping 101: How Communities Can Make Connections and Improve Park Access

A Community Power Map is a visual tool to help you identify individuals, organizations, or institutions that may influence the outcome of the positive changes to increase park access in your community. This resource was created to guide you in developing your own community power map to build connections and improve park access.

Fact Sheet
Prioritizing Equity in Multimodal Trail and Pathway Grant Programs

Multimodal trails are off-road routes that can be used for walking and biking. This factsheet outlines ways that states advance equity goals through their multimodal trail programs: typically by defining high-need communities and then prioritizing them in project selection and funding.

Toolkit
Memory Framing Tool for Environmental and Mobility Justice

This tool was developed to support people who are interested in a simple, structured approach to identifying the environmental and mobility-related characteristics of a
place, recording this information, and using this data to inform next steps. This tool was designed to support people who are experts of the place where they live, work,
or play.

Fact Sheet
An Advocacy Guide to Repealing Harmful Traffic Laws: Setting Up Your Policy Campaign for Success

This guide offers strategies for repealing traffic laws related to walking and biking that are racially enforced for advocates and organizations considering starting policy campaigns. 

Report
Addressing School Closures and Consolidations A Guide for Safe Routes to School Practitioners

If the school district you work with is considering school consolidation or the process is already underway, this resource is for you. This guide provides an overview of recommendations for Safe Routes to School practitioners (and others working on student transportation issues) before, during, and after school closures and consolidations.

Fact Sheet
Action Steps for Champions to Boost Your State’s Score – New Opportunities from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

This resource provides recommendations for how champions and stakeholders who care about their state’s support for active transportation and physical activity, can emphasize new opportunities within the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to influence decision-makers in their state to strengthen state policies and practices for improving walking and rolling and raise their state report card scores.  
 

Fact Sheet
Boost Your State’s Score – Action Steps for State Departments of Transportation Using New Opportunities in Federal Law

This resource provides recommendations for how state departments of transportation (DOTs) can respond to new opportunities within the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support walking, bicycling, and Safe Routes to School -- and maintain and raise report card scores.  
 

Fact Sheet
Dedicated Staff Power up State-Level Safe Routes to School Programs

This factsheet is meant for staff at state departments of transportation (DOTs) and other walking and rolling champions to understand how other states currently staff their Safe Routes to School programs and what supportive activities they manage to achieve with that support.

Fact Sheet
Walking, Riding, and Rolling for a New Generation: How to Partner with Youth on Safe Routes Projects

Young people are interested in safe walking, biking, rolling, riding, and driving. Talking with teens about their travel habits reveals two competing priorities: teens’ desires to be independent and their parent's and caregivers’ desires to keep them safe. This guide spotlights youth-led traffic safety projects from across the country and offers strategies for how Safe Routes practitioners can champion youth-led safety projects like Safe Routes to School and advocacy campaigns.