Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) Program

Download this School Commute Survey template to learn more about how students are getting around at your school or district. Feel free to edit or add any questions.

Student Transportation Survey (DOCX, 33KB)

Download and edit the graphics and text below to start promoting your SRTS programs and events. You can add your agency or school’s logo or recent images, or use them as-is. These can be used on a social media account, email or newsletter, or you can print them out and use as posters or flyers.

Additional ready-to-use or editable materials for Bike or Walk to School Day are found here.

Sample Social Media

Ready to roll? Let’s go!

Walking, rolling, and biking are great ways to get to school. It’s a fun, easy way to stay active, and it can even boost grades too. Get stated by planning your safe route to school today!

Find out about activities coming up at your school and spread the word to friends and parents.

Sample Email Newsletter
The Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) Program encourages students and families to walk, roll, or bike to school. Supporting safe and active modes of travelling to school has many benefits, including:

• Healthier students: Walking, biking and rolling to and from school gets kids moving and can improve their overall physical and mental health.
• Better academic performance: For some students, getting to school on time, or at all can be difficult.
• Cost savings: Fewer school pick-ups and drop-offs can reduce transportation costs for families and for schools that offer bus service.
• Reduced traffic congestion: More students walking, rolling or biking to and from school reduces vehicle congestion during school drop-off and pick-up.
• Cleaner air: Encouraging more students to walk, roll or bike to school can improve air quality by reducing the number of vehicle trips, the line of vehicles idling at school and the miles that families drive each year.
• More connected communities: SRTS programs provide opportunities for students and families to connect as they walk, roll or bike to and from school together, strengthening community connections.

Join us in supporting our SRTS program by ___________[insert call to action]__________.
(Call to action may include joining an informational meeting, starting a walk/bike bus, attending an SRTS event, etc.)

Sample Printed Flyer
Please download and edit the attached flyer template for any of your SRTS needs. Big thanks to the City of Vancouver for sharing this editable document.

SRTS Overview Flyer for Schools (PPTX, 2663KB)

SRTS Overview Flyer (PPTX, 2040KB)

• Guide for starting a bike bus
  • This sample project plan can help you keep events on track. Big thanks to Clark County and Felida Elementary School for sharing this template.  Walk Bike Roll Event May 2025 Project Plan (XLSX, 21KB)
  • Creating a map of the safe walking or biking routes around your school can be very helpful! The Washington Department of Transportation has created this guide for making your own SRTS Map (See Chapter 2: Map design and digital tools)
• Walkability Checklist
• Safety Tips
  • Safe Steps to the School Bus Stop: How Parents Can Encourage Safe Walking
  • Be Bright Be Seen Animated Video
• Educational webinar on Walking School Buses

• Walk Bike & Roll to School Day
• Bike rodeo
• Learn more about Traffic Gardens
  • Heights Bike Garden in Vancouver, WA
  • Traffic Gardens
  • Washington Traffic Garden Toolkit

• Washington SRTS Network Funding Guide
  This table of funding opportunities was compiled by the Washington Safe Routes to School Network. It contains information about funding cycles and the types of projects eligible for funding.

• Washington State
  School Walk and Bike Routes: Guide for Planning and Improving Walk and Bike to School Options for Students
  April 2026
  • This guide includes lots of great recommendations for SRTS planning in Washington.
    The appendices also include templates for:
    • Promotional Materials
    • Walk audit forms and resources
    • Digital tools for map creation
    • Transportation planning considerations for new schools
    • And more!
  • Washington Traffic Safety Commission E-Ride Guide
    • Electric bikes and scooters are becoming more and more popular. These can be great for getting
      around and having fun, but are not appropriate for all ages. Use this guide to learn more about
      the different types of e-riders as well as Washington State laws for who can ride different
      types, and where.
      • E-Legal trifold
      • Animated a version of the brochure
      • Click to view, right-click and "save as" to download

        
        
        

        
        
        

        
        
        

  • Washington Safe Routes
    Network
    • Mission Statement: To bring together people in Washington state with the common goal to increase
      student participation and safety in walking, rolling, or taking a bus to school. By sharing best
      practices, innovative ideas, and researched resources, we work to improve student safety and
      health, and to create more equitable and environmentally sustainable communities.
  • Existing SRTS Programs in Southwest Washington
    • WSDOT
      SRTS Website (with grant info)
    • Clark County SRTS
    • City
      of Vancouver SRTS
  • Let's Go from Cascade Bicycle Club
    • The Let’s Go program provides elementary schools with the resources to implement an in-class
      bicycle and pedestrian safety program for students in grades 3–5. The Let’s Go curriculum is
      composed of five lessons and is implemented in Physical Education classes to teach students the
      fundamentals of bicycle safety, which builds confidence, inspires the joy of riding, and
      encourages biking to school.
    • Cascade Bicycle Club provides the curriculum, teaching materials, professional development
      teacher training, bicycles, helmets, and maintenance and logistics support for school district
      partners across the state.
  • Teens in the Driver Seat
    • While many SRTS programs and activities focus on active mode of transportation for younger students, teens can also benefit from safe modes and routes and to school. The program applies peer-to-peer, traffic safety culture, and shared risk and protective factor frameworks to change behaviors among young people. Additionally, the program aims to empower youth to promote traffic safety actively. Teens in the Driver Seat® works with youth and their community of educators to bring grassroots traffic safety programming packed with education and skill-building so teens and young adults can engage and inspire their peers in ways that only they can do.