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2024 Walk & Roll to School Day Reflections

Congratulations to all who helped to make Walk and Roll to School Day (WR2SD) a huge success. Whether you celebrated on October 9 or another day, we are grateful for your participation in highlighting the importance of safe, active travel. The event is important because it offers a chance for the community to take notice [...]

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Walk and Roll to School Day 2024

National Walk & Roll to School Day (WR2SD) is an international event to promote walking and rolling to school. This year, it takes place on Wednesday, October 9. Schools and communities unable to join the national celebration on October 9 are welcome to host an event on any date that works in October. We invite everyone,

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Student using new crossing and light improvement in front of St. Patrick Catholic School

October is Pedestrian Safety Month

October is Pedestrian Safety Month and a great opportunity to promote pedestrian safety messaging. Whether our primary transportation method is as pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, etc., it is important to remind one another that road safety is a shared responsibility. Sample Safety Messages: All drivers should be mindful of pedestrians crossing the road and must yield

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blue green outline of the upper penisula with orange stars over Escanaba and Sault Ste. Marie. Text reads Safe Routes to School Superior Regional Trainings, Escanaba, Wednesday, September 18, Sault Ste. Marie, Thursday, September 19

2024 Superior Regional Trainings

We are pleased to announce our regional trainings are back. Regional Trainings offer us the opportunity to connect, build relationships, and support Safe Routes to School stakeholders across the state. Escanaba 10:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m., Wednesday, September 18 Sault Ste Marie 10:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m., Thursday, September 19 Trainings are free and include

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DeWitt non-infrastructure program supports safe routes in a small town

Kids waiting to cross the road under the supervision of staff and volunteer leaders. The City of DeWitt is home to nearly 5,000 residents. Settled in 1833 as a farming community, today it is a blend of charming rural and suburban neighborhoods with newly built quaint downtown district. It is centrally located in mid-Michigan about

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2024-2025 Mini Grant Award Announcement

Congratulations to our grant recipients! Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Mini Grants have been awarded for the 2024-2025 school year. Awards totaled $449,845 and were made to 34 kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) schools in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grayling, Hamtramck, Ida, Lake Leelanau, Madison Heights, Parchment and Royal Oak. The schools will use their Mini

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Small town transportation infrastructure improvements creates big picture results in Petersburg

Summerfield Junior & Senior High School students use the new multiuse path on their after school commute Home to about 1,200 residents, the .49 square mile City of Petersburg in Southeast Michigan’s Monroe County is the second smallest city in Michigan after Clarkston. The sidewalks and crossings in this rural area lacked connectivity which made

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2024 Bike & Roll to School Day Reflections

Congratulations to all who helped to make Bike and Roll to School Day (BR2SD) a huge success. Whether you celebrated on May 8 or another day, we are grateful for your participation in highlighting the importance of safe, active travel. The event is important because it offers a chance for the community to take notice

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Portland infrastructure improvements increases student safety

Student using new crossing and light improvement in front of St. Patrick Catholic School The quaint and picturesque mid-Michigan city of Portland is known as the "City of Two Rivers" as it is nestled between the Grand River and the Looking Glass River. It is home to nearly 4,000 residents with students that attend Portland

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Help Us Welcome Erin

Safe Routes to School Program Coordinator Erin Paskus comes to us with a strong experience in food systems nonprofits, most recently as the Commodity Supplemental Food Program Outreach Coordinator with the Greater Lansing Food Bank. Driven by Erin's passion to build collaborative relationships that encourage community participation, Erin employs proactive community engagement methods to ensure

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