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Safe Routes to School Programs
look different from community to community. Yet they all share the common goal to improve the health of kids and the community by making walking and bicycling to school safer, easier and more enjoyable.
- WHO? These programs involve parents, community members, school staff, traffic engineers, city planners, law enforcement officers, community leaders and many others.
- HOW? They work to assess the safety of school travel routes; make changes such as building crosswalks or adding crossing guards; educate students and drivers about safe travel and encourage walking and biking to school. Some programs expand to promote safe walking and bicycling throughout the community.
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News & Events
The second Regional School Crossing Guard Training Workshops were held on August 1 and 8, 2008, at the Glendale Civic Center and the Mesa Convention Center. The event was attended by more than 380 school crossing guards from school districts in the Phoenix metropolitan region. The workshop was organized by the Maricopa Association of Governments in partnership with its member agencies and AAA Arizona. Some photographs from the event are posted here
Electronic copies of the training material used at this workshop can also be downloaded here
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It's Fun!
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It's Healthy
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It's Non-polluting
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It's Friendly
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It's Educational
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It's Economical
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