Safe
Routes To School (SRTS) is a Federal-aid Highway Program administered in Arkansas by the
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD). It was created by the Safe Accountable
Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)
and signed into public law in 2005. The
purpose of the program is:
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To enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk
and bicycle to school;
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To make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing
transportation alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and
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active lifestyle
from an early age; and
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To facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of projects and
activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel ----consumption, and
air pollution in the vicinity of schools.
Three 3 types of projects have been established: Start Up, Education, and Infrastructure. The SRTS Advisory Committee evaluates all of
the applications and determines which applicants will receive funding.