Safe Routes to School

The purpose of Safe Routes to School is to encourage and enable students in grades K-8 to walk or ride their bicycle to school. Projects can be either engineering (improved crossings, sidewalks, etc.) or non-engineering (education and encouragement programs).

SAFETY TIPS

 

Image with text Akron Safe routes and safety tips for walking.

Image with text for Akron Safe Route with safety tips for biking.
In October 2021, the Akron Safe Routes Team brightened the sidewalks around Buchtel Middle, Findley CLC, Firestone Park and Forest Hill CLC using chalk. The team members painted activity stations, yoga poses, hopscotch, and wayfinding animal prints on the sidewalks. The purpose of Safe Routes to School is to encourage and enable students to walk or ride their bicycles to school. This initiative and others are outlined in the Akron School Travel Plan and photos of the "art" can be seen below.
Image of painted activity stations, yoga poses, hopscotch, and wayfinding animal prints on the sidewalks.
Image of painted activity stations, yoga poses, hopscotch, and wayfinding animal prints on the sidewalks
Image of painted activity stations, yoga poses, hopscotch, and wayfinding animal prints on the sidewalks
Image of painted activity stations, yoga poses, hopscotch, and wayfinding animal prints on the sidewalks

PARTNERS

Ohio Department of Transportation SRTS

Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study

Safe Kids Summit County