PBOT Safe Routes to School

Happy summer! The PBOT Safe Routes to School social media accounts are on summer break. We'll be checking in periodically, but if you need us, email [email protected] and follow to keep up with the Portland Bureau of Transportation.

Now available! The Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School Program Summary 2024-25.

This report is more than just a summary of the work our program (and many, many partners!) accomplished in the recent school year to help students and their families walk, bike, and roll to and from their school and around their neighborhoods. It’s also a collection of dozens of inspiring stories that tell how people in Portland are making their streets safer, their communities healthier, and their lives more enjoyable.

Swipe left to learn about what we’ve been up to lately, including:
- Building stronger relationships with school districts
- Helping more educators teach our transportations safety curriculum
- Engaging high school students in new ways with BIKETOWN
- Ensuring more than 12,900 students receive transportation safety education
- Completing 25 crossing, 15 speed, and 10 walkway projects
- Partnering with schools to address circulation issues
- Supporting bike buses to help motivate students to be physically active
- Providing 180 bikes in our fleet to support bike safety education
- Sharing our monthly newsletter with more than 7,600 subscribers

Our work is made possible with support from the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund, Metro, the Oregon Department of Transportation, and the Federal Transit Administration.

Tap this link to read the report: portland.gov/transportation/walking-biking-transit-safety/safe-routes/safe-routes-school-program-summary