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    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.