Safe Routes to School Program (Colo.)
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
The purpose of this strategic plan is to articulate how Colorado Safe Routes to School (CSRTS) will comprehensively get more children walking and bicycling to school. The purpose of this strategic plan is to articulate how Colorado Safe Routes to School (CSRTS) will comprehensively get more children walking and bicycling to school.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs can improve safety, not just for children, but for the entire community. Encouraging children to walk and bike to school more often reduces congestion and pollution around our schools and helps form community partnerships. It also provides opportunities for students, teachers, and parents to increase their physical activity and improve public health.
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
As recently as 1969 about half the school aged children in the United States walked or bicycled to school. Today fewer than 15% of school children walk or bike to school and as much as 20-30% of morning traffic is generated by parents driving their children to school. Children are less active today and the majority of children living within a 1/2 mile of schools are driven in private vehicles. Obesity rates are on the rise and the cost of obesity...
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