Oregon Safe Routes to School News
Including Students with Disabilities in SRTS Activities
Students with disabilities should be included in SRTS activities. There are countless benefits of participating in SRTS activities, including mental and physical. Please see below for some benefits, recommendations, and learning opportunities. Benefits: ...
Meet Becky: The Newest Member of the Technical Assistance Provider Team
The Safe Routes to School Technical Assistance Provider team is growing! Recently, Becky Newman was hired as a Program Coordinator for Cycle Oregon. She will be helping out with the ODOT SRTS bike education, including the Jump Start program. We asked Becky some...
Launch of Activity Kits
Almost all activity kits have been distributed, which include the walking school bus, bike bus, circulation, and crossing guard kits. Thank you to all who signed up to receive one or more activity kits. We are so excited to hear from you about your experiences with...
Idle-free Resources
It is Earth Month! Let’s reduce our environmental impact by being idle-free and encouraging others to do so as well. Ready to get started? Follow these steps for organizing a successful anti-idle campaign: “Get your principal's approval to hold an anti-idle...
SRTS Demonstration
Megan Ramey, Safe Routes to School Manager, got Hood River Middle Schoolers to creatively participate and weigh in on the temporary separated bikeway and side path by the school. "From August to October last year, the streets of 17th, 18th and May were temporarily...
Bend Elementary schools cElebrated Winter Walk+Roll to School Day
Winter walk+roll is one of the newer walk+roll events, but despite that, it was well attended on February 7th, 2024. Students, parents, caregivers, and SRTS supporters showed up for this event regardless of the chilly Oregon weather across the state. Central Oregon...