Safe Routes to School (SRTS)

​What are the Six Es?

The SRTS program is built around the “Six Es of Safe Routes to School” - engagement, equity, education, encouragement, engineering, and evaluation. This comprehensive approach enables communities to establish, maintain and continue to increase safe walking and bicycling opportunities to school by  addressing students, parents, teachers, and motorists.

  1. 1

    Engagement

    Listening to students, families, teachers, school leaders, and community  organizations..

  2. 2

    Equity

    Ensuring initiatives benefit all demographic groups, with particular attention to ensuring safe, healthy, and fair outcomes for low-income students, students of color, students of all genders, students with disabilities, and others.    

  3. 3

    Education

    Teaching students that walking and bicycling are healthy, fun, and sustainable transportation choices.

  4. 4

    Encouragement

    Offering events, activities, and lessons to promote walking and bicycling.

  5. 5

    Engineering

    Making physical improvements to infrastructure that make walking and  bicycling safer, more comfortable, and more convenient.

  6. 6

    Evaluation

    Analyzing SRTS programs for equitable outcomes and potential unintended consequences to improve effectiveness.

Contact

Justin Cambric
Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Coordinator
Fax: 717-787-5247

 

Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) Program Office