safe routes to school
Family Biking: Volunteer for new middle-schooler community rides
Cycling education in local schools isn’t new — the City of Portland has been helping students learn bike safety skills since 2005. With partners like The Street Trust, the transportation bureau educates hundreds of elementary students through their Safe Routes to School program. This year they plan to graduate the program up to middle school.
ODOT awards $2.3 million to boost Safe Routes to School statewide
As classes begin for thousands of students around Oregon today, schools around the state will get a bit safer thanks to $2.3 million in projects announced yesterday.
Tubman Middle School parents meet school and city staff to discuss traffic safety issues
“Kids coming to this school need an elevated skillset to navigate these streets.”
How one Portlander made the route to his daughter’s school safer
A helpful blueprint for tackling school zone chaos.
State of Oregon finalizes funding list for Safe Routes to School projects
$16 million statewide.
Another student hit by a driver near Harriet Tubman Middle School
This is exactly what many people were worried about.
PBOT to request $6 million in state funds for Safe Routes to School projects
At city council on Wednesday the Portland Bureau of Transportation will request support for a grant to the Oregon Department of Transportation to fund three Safe Routes to School projects in east Portland.
$16 million up for grabs statewide to build safer routes to schools
It’s part of the $5.3 billion transportation package passed in 2017.
City releases $8 million list of Safe Routes to School projects
88 projects are queued up for construction.
ODOT unveils draft rules for spending new Safe Routes to School funding
There’s money on the table.
The beautiful new bike parking at Roosevelt High School in north Portland
Respect bikes and students will respect them too.