The National Safe Routes to School Task Force has released its final report that includes recommendations to the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Congress. The program aims to increase walking and bicycling by schoolchildren to reduce obesity, crash fatalities, and traffic congestion, while improving environmental quality. Recommendations include streamlining the process for accessing program funds, encourage stakeholder participation, addressing liability concerns by participants, dealing with societal barriers to walking and bicycling, and tackling policy issues such as school siting. Vermont has 30 schools participating in Safe Routes to School.
[Source: Safe Routes to School]
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