Welcome
What is SR2S?
Who says we need SR2S?
Why create a SR2S program?
What are the "4Es?"

Welcome

Welcome to Safer Routes to School Portland. Although a relatively new program in Portland, it has been well tested in North America and the United Kingdom. Interest among parents, schools, neighborhoods, transportation service providers, and injury prevention and health care professionals has been overwhelming.

The idea is…

• to examine the routes that children must take to get to and from school, paying particular attention to places where they must cross major roads
• to identify and recommend relatively safe routes through engineering analysis
• to propose improvements to make these routes even safer
• to supply students and parents with a map indicating suggested routes
• to encourage kids to walk or bike to school

SR2S also makes the connection between

• lack of daily physical activity and
• health issues like childhood obesity and diabetes.

SR2S need not be limited to school trips. Some communities also look at routes kids take to and from

• Parks
• Recreation centers
• Libraries
• Friends’ homes

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