Press Release  MassDOT Announces 12th Annual Safe Streets Smart Trips High School Video Contest

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that entries are now being accepted for the twelfth annual statewide Safe Streets Smart Trips high school video contest. This contest encourages students to showcase their understanding of roadway safety across all travel modes to try to decrease pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and fatalities. Per the contest guidelines, this year students are being asked to write and produce a 30-60 second video emphasizing “Safe Walking, Biking, and Driving Behaviors.” 

“MassDOT is proud to launch the 2025 Safe Streets Smart Trips Video Contest, now in its twelfth year,” said Transportation Secretary and CEO Monica Tibbits-Nutt. “By engaging students directly in roadway safety, we not only raise awareness but also empower the next generation to lead the way in creating safer streets for everyone. We are eager to see the creativity and passion in this year’s entries as students highlight the shared responsibility we all carry to keep our roadways safe.” 

As an initiative of the Massachusetts Strategic Highway Safety Plan to promote safe walking, bicycling and driving behaviors, the contest is open to all Massachusetts public high school students and features a Freshman/Sophomore category and Junior/Senior category.  

Grand prize, runner-up, and honorable mention videos in each category (Freshman/Sophomore and Junior/Senior) will be chosen by a MassDOT panel. Winning videos will be shown Wednesday, October 28, at MassDOT’s annual active transportation conference, Moving Together, where the creators will receive their prizes including $600 Amazon gift cards for the grand prize videos and $300 Amazon gift cards for the runner-up videos. Top videos may also be used in future safety campaigns. 

To learn more about the Safe Streets Smart Trips High School Video Contest visit Mass.gov/roadway-safety-video. 

Past winning videos can be viewed on the Roadway Safety Video Contest Results page, and on MassDOT’s YouTube channel playlist of the 2025 contest winners.  

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