For Students: Have fun and get a little exercise to boot Learn life-long healthy habits Arrive to school refreshed and ready to learn	For Parents: Save time and money by limiting car-trips to school Contribute to reducing traffic and pollution Connect with other parents
For the Community: Reduces traffic and improves air quality Increases awareness of safety at school and in  the 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.

The concept is simple. With close support from staff of the BVSD Transportation Department's TO School Program and local municipalities, parent leaders run school-based programs to identify barriers to walking and cycling and employ a combination of techniques to overcome them.

Program Goal

Through fun encouragement events and educational activities, the programs aims at raising the appeal, convenience, and safety of walking and cycling to school for the development of active, healthful children.

• Colorado Safe Routes to School (http://www.dot.state.co.us/BikePed/SafeRoutesToSchool.htm)
• National Center 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.
• City of Boulder/GO Boulder