What is the Safe Routes to School Workshop?
The Safe Routes to School Coordinator conducts a one-day Workshop that focuses on your school. You will want to involve school administrators, teachers, volunteer parents, public health professionals, school transportation and maintenance directors, student leaders, local businesses, law enforcement officers, and other community leaders such as mayors, City council members, County commissioners, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and Regional Development and Planning Councils. The Workshop provides Engineering Treatments and Strategies, Drop-Off and Pick-Up Solutions, and Education, Encouragement, and Enforcement Strategies. Workshop participants observe the school morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up processes and formulate recommendations creating an action plan incorporating all the components of Engineering, Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, and Evaluation to make improvements. The next step is to submit an Intent-to-Apply Form for Infrastructure-Related Projects and Non-I
