small_SFTS.pngSafe Routes to School​  

     The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program enables and encourages children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school safely. The program sets out to make walking and bicycling a more appealing transportation option for students in grades kindergarten through eighth, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age.
 

     Forty years ago, roughly half of all children ages five to 18 years old walked and bicycled to school. Today, 85% of our children are driven to school either by bus or private vehicle. Approximately 25% of the country’s morning traffic is private vehicles driving children to school. The result? Increased traffic congestion, a reduction in air quality and the deterioration of our children’s health. And in Mississippi, 4 out of 10 of our children are at-risk of becoming overweight or are overweight and obese. 

     Our goal is to facilitate the planning, development and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic congestion, fuel consumption and air pollution in the vicinity of primary and middle schools.

     Through available federal funds, communities can stage a wide variety of projects and activities to encourage, from building safer street crossings to establishing programs that encourage and educate children and their parents to safely walk and bicycle to school.

Contact Us at Mississippi Safe Routes to School

 
·         Download the Planning Guide
 
 
Resources
 
·         Bike Walk Mississippi
·         Certified Bicycle Safety Instructors –for a listing of the League of American Bicyclists’ certified instructors located throughout Mississippi who are available to teach and train students and other groups in bicycle safety.
    Lesson plans centered on the goals of the Mississippi Safe Routes to School program are on the Health in Action on-line database. These lesson  plans provide teachers with new ways to fulfill the health instruction requirements for K – 8 students. 
·         Statewide Crossing Guard Training Programdeveloped to assist in promoting the safe crossing for children in schools zones. For more information, call the MDE’s Office of Healthy Schools at 601-359-1737.
    MSDH offers presentations and assistance with Safe Routes to School education and encouragement activities like walking school buses and bicycle rodeos.
 
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