Safe Routes to School

Notice

We just launched our updated Safe Routes to School 5 Year Action Plan (2021-2025), which lays out specific actions we'll take to make it easier and safer for Seattle's kids to get to school.

What We Do

Safe Routes to School is a national movement to make it easier and safer for students to walk and bike to school. We use a combination of strategies:

Equity: Foundational to our program, equity is infused into each of the other E's

Environment: In everything we do, reduce the impact of school travel on the environment and climate change

Education: Ensure that everyone learns how to travel safely

Empowerment: Provide resources to school champions

Encouragement: Promote walking and biking in the school community

Engineering: Design streets for safety and predictability

Evaluation: Track progress toward our shared safety goals

Program Goals and Vision

The Safe Routes to School program goals are to:

Encourage more kids to walk and bike to school
Improve safety in areas around schools for kids who walk and bike

We are committed to reaching the City's Vision Zero goal to end traffic deaths and serious injuries on city streets by 2030 and the City's climate change goal that 90% of personal trips are zero emission in that same timeframe.
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