What types of evaluation data are required?
The Federal Highway Administration has requested that states provide them with specific evaluation data for SRTS programs. Evaluation of safety benefits provides information about how SRTS activities reduce fatalities and injuries, as well as reduce risk associated with walking and bicycling to school. Examples of evaluation data for safety benefits include accident data and data measuring changes in public perception of safety, the effect on safety behaviors among participants of SRTS programs, or increased awareness of safe walking and bicycling practices. Understanding the effect of the program on the number of students who walk and bicycle, versus arrive/depart from school via other modes of transportation provides information about how SRTS activities affect the behavior of students and motorists. It is important to compare data collected under similar conditions (i.e. weather, regular day or contest day, etc.). Additional types of evaluation data include the number of new partner
