- Students: Arrive to school on time, refreshed and ready to learn Improves health and well being Teaches life-long traffic safety skills	- Parents: Save time and money by limiting car-trips to school Contribute to reducing traffic and pollution Connect with other parents
- Community: Reduces traffic and improves air quality Increases safety around school and in your neighborhood Makes our area a healthier place to live

Program Overview

Safe Routes to School is a nationally recognized initiative that has had great success in increasing the number of children walking and cycling to school in places such as Marin County, California.

The concept is simple. With close support from the BVSD Transportation Department and relevant municipalities, parent advisory groups lead school-based programs to identify barriers to walking and cycling and employ a combination of techniques to overcome them.

Program Goals

The primary objective is to increase the appeal and safety of walking and cycling to school producing more active, healthful students who more often travel to school on foot and by bike.

• Colorado Safe Routes to School (http://www.dot.state.co.us/BikePed/SafeRoutesToSchool.htm)
• National Safe Routes to School (http://www.saferoutesinfo.org)
  • See a menu of BVSD education-encouragement programs presently being used.
  • See a list of city of Boulder engineering projects slated for three schools.
• Contact BVSD Administrator for the BVSD Safe Routes to School Program