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Department Of Transportation Is Offering Schools Funding For Safer Routes to School

Anthony Scott — Oct. 15 2018
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The safety of students is one of the top priorities for schools across the country, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is offering planning assistance grants through their Safe Routes to School program. Until January 4th, schools can apply for the grant to ensure their students are getting to school as safely as possible.

“Planning assistance grants are the first step for communities to assess their current conditions for walking and bicycling to school and decide what they need to strategically and effectively implement a Safe Routes to School program,” said Dave Cowan, SRTS coordinator.

If awarded the grant, schools and communities can use the plan to apply for funds to advance infrastructure such as sidewalks, crosswalks and signage as well as non-infrastructure solutions such as educational programming, encouragement events and enforcement near schools.

The planning process works to engage stakeholders, analyze existing data, and set a prioritized list of strategies to make it safer and easier for youth to walk and bicycle to school.

Cowan said nationally, walking and bicycling to school is on the decline, decreasing from 48 percent of students in 1969 to 17 percent in 2014.

“Safe Routes to School planning can help communities get students to walk and bicycle to school again,” he said. “This helps students build physical activity into their day, arriving at school refreshed and ready to learn.”

Since 2006, MnDOT has worked with communities around the state to fund nearly 300 schools’ plans to develop and advance safe routes to school.

For more information, go to mndot.gov/saferoutes/planning-grants.html.

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