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POP-UP Projects for Safe Routes to School
This guide explores how schools can use pop-up demonstration projects to improve safety on and around campus. These temporary activations, often referred to as tactical urbanism can be used to promote walking and biking to, from, and around campus. You will find examples of local, national, and international projects, tips to support implementation efforts, and links to additional resources.
DESE-accredited Health & Wellness Professional Development
DESE-accredited Health & Wellness Professional Development – MassDOT’s Safe Routes to School Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Curriculum
According to the Centers for Disease Control, walking and biking are life skills that also support student independence, resiliency, and recommended daily physical activity. From a student’s perspective, navigating the built environment when arriving and departing school offers different physical and cognitive challenges than for adults. Educating our student commuters of all abilities and ages on how to be a safe walker and biker bolsters school attendance, physical activity, and social interaction while decreasing family traffic.
MassDOT’s Safe Routes to School offers a 10-hour DESE-accredited Health & Wellness Professional Development program on its Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Curriculum that includes in-person and self-paced learning modules. It may be taken in its entirety or parts thereof. It is geared towards Health & Wellness Teachers, Teacher leaders, School Administrators (Principals, Assistant Principals, Curriculum Directors, etc.), Nurses, Coaches, Paraprofessionals, and Advocates/Community Partners. Adoption of our DESE-approved Health & Wellness curriculum allows for a more equitable and sustainable lesson model across a school district.
To schedule professional development for your school/school district, please contact your Outreach Coordinator.
Download a copy of our one-page Professional Development document.
Bike Safety Education
Bike Safety Education Videos
- Mass SRTS Bike Safety Video (English)
- Mass SRTS Bike Safety Video (Spanish)
Bike Safety Education
- Bicycle Safety Education-2nd, 4th, 8th grades
- On-Bike Curriculum Designed for Teachers and Instructors
- Schedule a Bike Safety Assembly
- Bicycle Rodeo Guide
- Schedule a Bike Rodeo
- Bike Safety Tip Sheets
- Bicycle Hand Signals Bookmark
- Middle School Tip Sheet
Bicycling-Themed Lesson Plans
- Bicycling in Europe (6th Grade Social Studies Lesson)
- Getting into Gear (6th Grade STEM Lesson)
- Travel Tally Math Problem (STEM Lesson)
Bike Rodeos
A bike rodeo is an interactive way to teach students the rules of the road while practicing safe bicycling skills. The rodeo format incorporates stations along a loop course that simulates a neighborhood environment. A representative from Safe Routes to School can assist your school in planning and running a bike rodeo event. We will also deliver a bike rodeo kit with all the necessary tools to help you run a successful event.
Pedestrian Safety Education
SRTS provides pedestrian safety lessons for students in grades K-12, but is primarily focused on second-grade students. Cognitively, students at the second-grade level are ready to learn about the principles of being a safe pedestrian and therefore SRTS encourages schools to incorporate this training as enrichment or as part of curriculum. Schools can deliver the curriculum themselves with the resources below or can schedule a SRTS Outreach Coordinator to provide the training:
Pedestrian Safety Education
- 2nd grade curriculum
- Pedestrian Safety Models (Adult Volunteer/Mentor)
- Schedule a Pedestrian Safety Class
Pedestrian-Themed Lesson Plans
- Appalachian Trail (6th Grade English/Language Arts Lesson)
- Persuasive vs. Expository Writing (6th Grade English/Language Arts Lesson)
- History of SRTS (6th Grade Social Studies Lesson)
Additional Resources for Pedestrians
- Preparing your Child to Walk to School
- Back Pack Flyer (English)
- Back Pack Flyer (Spanish)
- Pedestrian Safety Tip Sheets (English)
- Pedestrian Safety Tip Sheets (Chinese)
- Pedestrian Safety Tip Sheets (French)
- Pedestrian Safety Tip Sheets (Portuguese)
- Pedestrian Safety Tip Sheets (Spanish)
Driver Education
Being a “Bike-Friendly” Driver
- SRTS Bike-Friendly Driving Backpack Flyer – English
- SRTS Bike-Friendly Driving Backpack Flyer – Spanish
- SRTS Bike-Friendly Driving Backpack Flyer – French
- SRTS Bike-Friendly Driving Backpack Flyer – Haitian Creole
- SRTS Bike-Friendly Driving Backpack Flyer – Mandarin
- SRTS Bike-Friendly Driving Backpack Flyer – Portuguese
- SRTS Bike-Friendly Driving Backpack Flyer – Vietnamese
- SRTS Bike-Friendly Driving Backpack Flyer – Khmer
- SRTS Bike-Friendly Driving Backpack Flyer – Russian
- SRTS Bike-Friendly Driving Backpack Flyer – Arabic
Railroad Crossing Safety
- SRTS Railroad Crossing Safety Flyer – English
- SRTS Railroad Crossing Safety Flyer – Spanish
- SRTS Railroad Crossing Safety Flyer – French
- SRTS Railroad Crossing Safety Flyer – Haitian Creole
- SRTS Railroad Crossing Safety Flyer – Chinese
- SRTS Railroad Crossing Safety Flyer – Portuguese
- SRTS Railroad Crossing Safety Flyer – Vietnamese
- SRTS Railroad Crossing Safety Flyer – Arabic
- SRTS Railroad Crossing Safety Flyer – Russian
- SRTS Railroad Crossing Safety Flyer – Khmer
Student Safety During Arrival and Dismissal
- Arrival Dismissal Backpack Flyer - English
- Arrival Dismissal Backpack Flyer - Spanish
- Arrival Dismissal Backpack Flyer - French
- Arrival Dismissal Backpack Flyer - Haitian Creole
- Arrival Dismissal Backpack Flyer - Mandarin
- Arrival Dismissal Backpack Flyer - Portuguese
- Arrival Dismissal Backpack Flyer - Vietnamese
- Arrival Dismissal Backpack Flyer - Khmer
- Arrival Dismissal Backpack Flyer - Russian
Navigating School Zone Driving
- Driver Awareness Leaflet - English
- Driver Awareness Leaflet - Spanish
- Driver Awareness Leaflet - Mandarin
- Driver Awareness Leaflet - Portuguese
- Driver Awareness Leaflet - Haitian Creole
- Driver Awareness Leaflet - French
- Driver Awareness Leaflet - Vietnamese
- Driver Awareness Leaflet - Khmer
- Driver Awareness Leaflet - Russian
- Driver Awareness Leaflet - Arabic
Crossing Guards
Crossing guards play an important role in helping students travel safely as they approach the school. SRTS has some helpful resources to support the crossing guard(s) at your school.
Kids Speaking Up for Road Safety
Kids Speaking Up for Road Safety is a free program with ready-to-use, 45- to 60-minute lesson plans for grades 2 to 3, 4 to 5, and 6. Through a cute cartoon meerkat named Sam, the lessons help students become part of the solution to end distracted driving – long before they are drivers themselves.
EndDD.org and Safe Roads Alliance developed these lesson plans and collaborated with psychologists, SEL experts, content developers, videographers, and animators experienced in creating educational programs. Lesson content and activities draw on the core SEL competencies framework developed by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning.
Through guided discussion and activities, students explore different types of distractions that occur outside and inside the car. Students learn about distraction and non-confrontational communication skills. Ancillary resources include a facilitator’s guide with an advisory letter home to parents/guardians, student worksheets, cross-curricular activities appropriate for grade level, safe driving pledges, and a printable reference guide for students. These tools aim to help students positively influence their parents’ and caregivers’ driving behaviors and increase the likelihood that they will choose to drive distraction-free when they get behind the wheel.