Safe Routes to School: Reports, Evaluations, and Toolkits
Evaluation
Safe Routes to School Evaluation Handbook

This resource provides a compilation of tools developed for the Safe Routes Partnership's Local School Project and other projects to help in creating a user-friendly quantitative and qualitative framework, data collection tools, and a data collection plan. It includes a parent survey in English and Spanish.

Report
Report to the U.S. Congress on the Outcomes of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program SAFETEA‐LU Section 1807

Section 1807 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users(SAFETEA-LU) P.L. 109-59 established the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program (NTPP) inAugust 2005

Report, Case Study
Safe Routes to School:

This report indicates how Safe Routes to School is reducing carbon emissions and air pollutants. 

Evaluation, Report, Case Study
2007 Safe Routes to School: State of the States Report

This report serves as an educational piece for Congressional members on the progress of Safe Routes to School. The report includes an executive summary, successes of the federal SRTS program, lessons learned, challenges, funding information, and recommendations for the future of SRTS.

Report, Case Study
Safe Routes to School Guide

Encouragement is one of the complementary strategies that Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs use to increase the number of children who walk and bicycle to school safely. In particular, encouragement and education strategies are closely intertwined, working together to promote walking and bicycling. 

Toolkit
Tool for Identifying Schools Ready for Safe Routes to School

WalkBoston and (MAPC) developed a tool for schools in Massachusetts to assess walking and biking potential. The tool reveals whether  children living nearby are currently arriving in cars  or whether most nearby students are already arriving on foot. A discussion of the tool can be found http://walkboston.org/what-we-do/initiatives/research.

Evaluation, Report
Safe Routes to School State Network Project:

This report provides an update on major State Network Project accomplishments in 2008, lessons learned, state summaries, and the Local School Project.

Report
Safe Routes to School: Putting Traffic Safety First

The Safe Routes Partnership has released a new national report showing how SRTS programs can be harnessed to keep children safe from traffic dangers while walking and bicycling to school. 

Report, Case Study
Safe Routes to School:

This report demonstrates how Safe Routes to School is a collaborative effort involving multiple organizations, including state Departments of Education and state Departments of Public Health. 

Journal Article, Report, Research
Research Brief

A March 2012 research brief by Active Living Research, Impact of the Walking School Bus Program on Children’s Pedestrian Safety Behaviors, reported that parents listed their children’s safety as one of the top concerns regarding walking to school, and that improving safety may lead more parents to allow their children to walk to school.