What are communities doing to engage children so they help create walkable, bicycle-friendly communities?
The Safe Routes To School (SRTS) program is pioneering innovative ways to include children in planning processes consistent with its overall goal of making walking and bicycling safer and more convenient for children. For more information, visit www.saferoutesinfo.org. Children can help create a walking school bus (WSB), which simply is a group of kids walking to school with adult supervision. By walking together, kids and adults get much-needed physical activity, enjoy social interaction, and begin incorporating walking and bicycling into their daily routines. Children can point out problems they encounter walking to school, and the adults can help them learn how to correct or avoid those problems. The National Center for Safe Routes to School has developed a walking school bus program guide, which is available on their Web site: http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/guide/walking_school_bus/index.cfm. Or, kids can help start a bike train, the bicycle-focused version of a WSB. Children can pa
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