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Safe Routes to School Plan

Minnesota Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a statewide effort to make it safe, convenient, and fun for all youth to walk, bike, and roll to school and in daily life. Walking or biking to, from, and during school is an easy way for students to get exercise, stay healthy, and arrive at school ready to learn.

Farmington Public Schools has been awarded planning assistance from the Minnesota Department of Transportation to create a SRTS Plan for Boeckman Middle School.

The plan will be developed throughout the 2022-2023 school year. Once complete, the plan will provide direction and recommendations for improving walking and biking for Boeckman Middle School students.

This page is a one stop shop for your community’s Safe Routes To School plan. Below you will find information on what it’s all about, three ways to provide your ideas, and fun and interactive activities for your family.

Get Involved

Help Make Walking and Biking to School Better In Your Community!
Do you have thoughts about getting to school? Let us know by using the tools below.

Students take a survey.

Students, tell us what you think about walking and biking. Take the survey here. 

Caregivers take a survey.

Parents and caregivers, we need your help to improve walking and biking for your child. Take the survey here. 

Everyone drop a pin on the map.

Students and caregivers, show us where you walk and bike. Visit the interactive map here. 

The 6 E’s of SRTS

The 6 E’s provide the foundation for the Safe Routes to School Program. The Safe Routes to School Plan for your community will include a balanced approach – from recommendations for physical engineering improvements on the ground – to in class activities and instruction to build skills and encourage walking and biking.

Equity

Ensuring SRTS Programs benefit all demographic groups with special attention to low-income students, students of color, students of all genders and abilities, and others.

Engagement

Activities to involve and engage students, parents, and community members in conversations about walking and biking to school.

Encouragement

Events, activities, and programs that generate interest and enthusiasm for walking and biking to school.

Education

Classes and activities that teach pedestrian, bicycle, and traffic safety skills and the benefits of walking and biking. 

Engineering

Physical improvements to streets
and neighborhoods to make walking
and biking more comfortable, and
more convenient.

Evaluation

Evaluating projects and programs of each of the other five “E’s” to determine which programs and projects are most effective. 

Word Search!

Can you find the words in the word bank below?  When you find a word, click the first and last letters to cross it off the list.

Contact Us

Have questions or looking for additional materials? Let us know how we can help! Tom Holmes at [email protected]

MN SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL

MnDOT Safe Routes to School Planning is a project of MnDOT.
This webpage was developed by Zan Associates in partnership with  Alta Planning + Design.

MnDOT
395 John Ireland Blvd
St. Paul, MN 55155-1800