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What is Safe Routes to School?
Safe Routes to School (SR2S) is an international movement to make it safe, convenient and fun for children to bicycle and walk to school. When routes are safe, walking or biking to and from school is an easy way to get the regular physical activity children need for good health. Safe Routes to School initiatives also help ease traffic jams and air pollution, unite neighborhoods and contribute to students' readiness to learn in school.
You can learn more about SR2S at http://www.saferoutesmichigan.org

Learn more...

• Michigan announces "Safe Routes to School" recipients
January 28, 2008 - - The Granholm administration today announced that nine Michigan elementary and middle schools will receive more than $1.6 million in federal "Safe Routes to School" funding for safety improvements and education programs that will encourage students to travel safely between home and school.

• Safe Routes to School grant application is now online

• Safe Routes to School Newsletter, June 2008 PDF icon

• How Michigan Launched the Safe Routes to School Program PDF icon
Michigan's SR2S program was featured in the May 2006 issue of Parks & Recreation magazine, the official publication of the National Recreation and Park Association.

• Federal Funding for Safe Routes to School PDF icon

• Safe Routes to School Overview PDF icon

• Michigan unveils $19 million "Safe Routes to School" initiative
May 23, 2006 News release
Representatives from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), the Michigan Department of Community Health, the Michigan Department of Education, and the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports, met with schools to introduce the $19 million Safe Routes to School initiative.

• National Center for Safe Routes to School
National resource providing information and tools to help your organization plan and carry out a safe routes program.

• Bicycling

If you have questions

For questions about MDOT's involvement in the Safe Routes to School program,
please contact:
Bryan Armstrong, Interim Coordinator
E-mail: ArmstrongB@michigan.gov
Phone: 517-335-2636

For questions about the Safe Routes to School program, please contact:
C. Lee Kokinakis, Ph.D.
Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports
Director of Active School Environments
E-mail: ckokinakis@michiganfitness.org
Phone: 517-347-7891, ext. 17