Education
SRTS
Mississippi Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program is spearheaded by Cookie Leffler, MDOT Safe Routes to School Coordinator.
The SRTS Program enables and encourages children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school safely. The program sets out to make walking and bicycling a more appealing transportation option for students in grades kindergarten through eighth, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age.
The goal of Mississippi’s SRTS program is to empower Mississippi communities in planning, developing and implementing programs that make walking and bicycling to school a safe and healthy alternative to being driven by bus or motor vehicle. Through available federal funds, communities can stage a wide variety of projects and activities to encourage, from building safer street crossings to establishing programs that encourage and educate children and their parents to safely walk and bicycle to school.
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