Our Publications

The following publications are produced by the Safe Routes Partnership for use in advancing Safe Routes to School, active transportation, and shared use in all communities. To search for a publication on a specific topic, use the advanced search tool and start typing in "Safe Routes Partnership" in the author field, then select it from the list that appears.

Fact Sheet
Walkability Assessment Checklist

Use this checklist to assess the walkability of your route or neighborhood.

Fact Sheet
Walking Meetings

Here is a guide to use walking meetings in your workplace to stimulate creativity, boost workplace morale, and provide easy opportunities for physical activity during the workday.

Report
Safe Routes to School by the Numbers

This report offers insights into how newly expanding access to data can assist in improving walking and biking programs, provides an overview of the current state of data access and its limitations, and highlights case studies of communities and organizations using data to make walking and bicycling programs and policies function more effectively.

Fact Sheet
Celebrating 10 Years of Safe Routes to School

This infographic highlights the health and community benefits of Safe Routes to School.

Report
Making Strides:

Physical activity is a fundamental building block for good health, and states have a crucial role in promoting it. States’ actions are essential – enacting laws and policies to support active, healthy lifestyles, devoting staff and planning efforts to physical activity, and ensuring adequate funding for walking, bicycling, and physical activity.

Webinar
Growing Safe Routes to School in Indian Country

This webinar discusses the opportunities and challenges to advancing Safe Routes to School in tribal communities.

Fact Sheet
Using the Transportation Alternatives Program to Improve Safety and Health in Your Community

This factsheet helps communities understand how to use the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) to support healthy community design and active transportation.

Fact Sheet
Walking and Bicycling in Indian Country

This brief provides an overview of the unique considerations in implementing Safe Routes to School in tribal communities.

Fact Sheet
Safe Routes to School Meets Safe Routes to Parks

Communities are working on many strategies to make it easier and safer for people to be physically active. One important place for collaboration and advocacy is around making sure that people can safely walk and bicycle to parks – an approach known as safe routes to parks.

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The Role of MPOs in Advancing Safe Routes to School through the Transportation Alternatives Program

This brief profiles four MPOs, each of which used a thoughtful and innovative approach to TAP that was ultimately beneficial to the safety of children and families on the trip to and from school.