Safe Routes to School

Updated August 2025

What We Do

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a national movement to make it easier and safer for students to walk and bike to school. Seattle’s Safe Routes to School program builds walking and biking infrastructure around schools and supports programming and activities that encourage more students to walk and bike with a focus on equity.  

Graphic developed by Seattle Public Schools in partnership with SDOT

2023-24 Annual Report

Check out our 2023-24 Annual Report. Highlights include:

• 21% reduction in speeds on arterials where we installed speed cushions
• 137+ walking and biking packages distributed to 48 schools with free supplies like walking lights, school patrol flags, helmets, and more. A 92% increase from last year!
• 11 middle schools added to the Let’s Go program bike education program. Last year Let’s Go reached over 14,000 students with over 1,100 students learning to ride. 

2025 School Travel Tally

We work with Seattle Public Schools to conduct an annual travel tally in all elementary and K-8 schools. On average, students reported an active transportation rate of 31% in 2025 which is 12% higher than the rate when the tally was first conducted in 2005.