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Programs >> Bicycle and Pedestrian Issues >> Safe Routes to School Workshop >> Safe Routes Handouts

Please select from the following downloadable documents:

Development and Public Health (PDF) 1.38 MB – A detailed article by Richard E. Killingsworth and Jean Lamming exploring how urban and suburban development patterns affect personal health.

Marin County Safe Routes to Schools (PDF) 110 KB – Summary of Wendi Kallins' remarks about developing Safe Routes programs in local schools.

Education and Smart Growth (PDF) 528 KB – A paper by the Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities which describes how "school sprawl" (the trend toward building new schools on large distant sites) impacts students and communities.

Why Johnny Can’t Walk to School (PDF) 101 KB – An excerpt from the National Trust for Historic Preservation report on the demise of historic neighborhood schools. Includes location of the full report.

KidsWalk-to-School (PDF) 327 KB – A brochure promoting the KidsWalk-to-School Guide. Includes information about ordering a free copy of the guide.

Walkability Checklist (PDF) 216 KB – Checklist to rate the walkability of your community. Includes resources and ideas about improving walkability.

Student Surveys (PDF) 31 KB & Parent Surveys (PDF) 96 KB – Tools developed by the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation for the Chicago Department of Transportation to help record attitudes toward walking and biking.

Safe Routes Summary (PDF) 659 KB – Includes statistics, resources and success stories.

Last updated: May 21, 2002