Safe Routes Scoop
Back-to-School, Bike-to-School

In years past, bicycling to school was a rite of passage -- many children learned the rules of the road that later would help them become better drivers by riding a bike to and from school. More Details

Wharton Bike Rack

Welcome

to the fourth issue of New Jersey's Safe Routes Scoop, a newsletter for everyone interested in news, ideas and examples of Safe Routes to School projects going on around New Jersey and across the nation. More Details

Grant Application Update

According to Elise Bremer-Nei, SRTS Coordinator for NJ Department of Transportation, 263 applications... More Details

Clean Green Schools, Healthy Happy Kids

With increasing concerns about the impact of human behavior on the environment, it’s no surprise that schools – given their institutionalized commitment to bettering the lives of our kids – are hopping aboard the sustainability bandwagon. More Details

Safe and Healthy Routes to School

Children today are far less physically active than in the past--a few decades ago American children typically spent about three hours a day playing outside, but now average only about three hours of physical activity a week. More Details

The Silent "E"

While education, encouragement, engineering, and enforcement usually get most of the attention in SRTS programs it is important that we don’t forget the final “E”... More Details

 

Safe Routes Scoop

Vol. 2, Issue 1, Sept. 2008
A Project of the NJ Department of Transportation Funded by the Federal Highway Administration Produced by the Voorhees Transportation Center

 

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