Skip Ribbon Commands
Skip to main content
Sign In
An Official Site ofOhio.gov

Develop Your SRTS Program

Safe Routes to School 

Develop Your SRTS Program...
Plan Development

Before you apply for SRTS funding, you need to develop a plan. SRTS applications can be developed based on School Travel Plans (STP) or Active Transportation Plans (ATP). The guidelines, information, links and templates accessed below in the SRTS Development Toolkit will get you started on the right path.​

A School Travel Plan is a written document that outlines a community’s intentions for enabling students to engage in active transportation (i.e. walking or bicycling) as they travel to and from school. A comprehensive STP is created through a team-based approach that involves key community stakeholders and members of the public in both identifying barriers to active transportation and using infrastructure and non-infrastrcuture approaches to address them.

An Active Transportation Plan outlines the vision, goals and strategies needed to support increased walking, bicycling and other modes of transportation. It should identify a combination of programs, policies and physical improvements that are needed to ensure safety, comfort and convenience of active transportation modes. For more information, visit ODOT's Guide for Active Transportation Plans.

Visit the Active Transportation Academy for free community courses on developing your own School Travel Plan or Active Transportation Plan.

The Toolkit
Use the links below to access tools and information that will help you develop your SRTS Program!

Funding

Ohio makes $4 million available each year to assist communities in improving safety and connectivity for students to walk or bike to school. Visit the Apply for Funds page to review application guidance and apply for project funding. Projects are competitively selected based on percentage of students expected to benefit, crash rate, economic status and delivery of past projects.

Getting Started
  • Safe Route to School Surveys
    The Parent Survey and Teacher Tallies are powerful tools to help evaluate community needs for improving safety in our community. Communities developing a school travel plan are required to complete in-class student travel tallies and parent surveys.
  • SRTS District Coordinators
    All STPs must be reviewed and approved by ODOT District SRTS.
  • School Travel Plan Guidelines
    The definitive reference guide for communities
  • School Travel Plan Template
    A Microsoft Word template that takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a School Travel Plan
  • STP Attachments
    Sample attachments referenced in the STP Guide available for download here.
  • School Travel Plan Guidelines for Consultants
    Similar to the School Travel Plan Guidelines above, this reference is specifically for consultants who are helping school districts develop a plan.
  • Developing a Methodology for School Travel Plan Development for Large School Districts
    Explore the links in the Research Project Details form that reference the topic of large school districts developing an SRTS program.
  • Non-Infrastructure Toolkit
    A variety of non-infrastructure tools can increase pedestrians’ and bicyclists’ safety. Non-infrastructure tools are generally described as education, encouragement, enforcement and evaluation.
  • Infrastructure Toolkit
    Innovative and out-of-the-box infrastructure tools can improve the built environment and increase safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. Engineering is one of the complementary strategies that Safe Routes to School Travel (SRTS) programs use to improve the walking and bicycling environment and enable more children to walk and bicycle to school.

Approved School Travel Plans
  • School Travel Plans Approved
    There are almost 200 ODOT-approved School Travel Plans on file. They are excellent examples available for download.

Updating Your School Travel Plans

Supporting Documentation
Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety Pages
​Safe Routes to School Map Room Link

Error
Web Part Error: Access denied. You do not have permission to perform this action or access this resource. Correlation ID: 13a525a1-4839-b0e0-fc12-d645b42f6d14.

‭(Hidden)‬ jQuery