Resources & Education
KDOT has created many SRTS resources to help students, caregivers, schools, and community stakeholders further their SRTS efforts. Use the resources below to support your school’s SRTS big event, education, and encouragement initiatives. Sign up for the e-newsletter to be notified when new Kansas SRTS resources are released!
Click the links below for resources and materials from KDOT and from additional SRTS organizations around the country!
Kansas Resources
Educational Resources
Pedestrian Safety Lesson 1: Walking Safely Near Traffic: Presentation Slide Deck, a Facilitator Guide with sample scripts, and a bookmark as a take-home for students.
Pedestrian Safety Lesson 2: Crossing Streets and Intersections: Presentation Slide Deck and a Facilitator Guide with sample scripts.
A Caregiver’s Guide to Raising a Safe Walker (English) – This document created by KDOT includes tips for modeling safe walking habits and driving safely around children. (Spanish)
A Caregiver’s Guide to Raising a Safe Bicyclist (English) – This document created by KDOT includes tips for modeling safe walking biking, including tips on helmet fit, the ABC Quick Check process, hand signals, and more. (Spanish)
Encouragement Resources
Walking School Bus webpage – Get resources, templates, and a free kit to help start a walking school bus—a group of children walking to school with trained volunteers along a set route.
Kansas SRTS Idea Book (English) – This resource includes information about SRTS encouragement, education, and engagement activities; the goals of the activity; materials needed; appropriate age groups; volunteer time needed, and more. The Idea Book is designed to inspire schools and communities to try new things and help existing SRTS programs build momentum. (Spanish)
KDOT’s SRTS Informational Flyer (English) – This flyer, created by KDOT’s SRTS Program, gives a quick introduction to the program, discusses SRTS benefits, and provides information about how to get involved. (Spanish)
Walk, Bike, and Roll to School flyer – This document, prepared by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, offers advice about how to start a program and address some common challenges.
Resources for Big Events
Walk and Roll to School Day webpage – Get materials, templates, and tips for hosting a Walk and Roll to School Day event alongside the annual international event in October.
Bike to School Day webpage – Get materials, templates, and tips for hosting Bike to School Day events during the annual May celebration.
Additional SRTS Resources
Encouragement Resources
Bike Trains or Bike Buses are groups of students and parents or volunteers who ride to school together, kind of like a carpool, but for people on bikes.
Bicycle Rodeos are events which provide an opportunity for bicycle riders to practice and develop skills to help them to become better bicyclists.
Traffic Gardens have small-sized streets with scaled-down traffic features where children and new learners practice and learn biking skills, road safety, and how traffic works in a place free from motor vehicles.
Education Resources
Many cities and states have classroom lesson plans and resources for teaching students about bicycle and pedestrian safety. A few of our favorites are listed below:
BikeWalkKC serves dozens of schools and thousands of kids every year in the Kansas City area and can provide bicycle education classes to your communities. The organization is currently working on creating a pedestrian safety offering!
Let’s Go NC! (North Carolina): A pedestrian and bicycle safety skills program for elementary schools, including lesson plans and videos.
California Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Curriculum for Grades 4 and 5: A program aligned with California education standards specifically for upper elementary school students.
Roll Bicycle Education Into Your Physical Education Program: This fact sheet explains the why and the how of integrating bicycle education into physical education programs.
Active Transportation Alliance Teacher Resources: A resource kit that includes quick 10-minute lessons for use in PE classes, other sample lessons, and additional resources for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Curricula Guide: A guide to bicycle and pedestrian education for students.
Safe Routes to School and Student Leaders: Facilitator's Guide to Engaging Middle School Youth: Education guide specifically aimed at middle schoolers.
A bicycle skills clinic, also called a bike rodeo, offers a chance for elementary school students and their families to learn and practice bike handling skills in a fun, safe, and encouraging atmosphere.
Cycle Quest (Elk Grove, California): An activity book and resource library to help students and their care givers learn how to bike safety throughout their community.
Bikeology: A ready-to-use bicycle-safety curriculum developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and SHAPE America for physical education teachers and recreation specialists working with students in grades 6-12.
Pedestrian Safety
NHTSA Pedestrian Safety– Tips and resources from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Wheeled Safety
Creating a Safer Environment for E-Bikes and Scooters – This article by BikeWalkKC provides an overview of the promise of e-bikes and scooters and how to create spaces where students can use them safely.
Safe Kids Kansas: Keeping Kids Safe – This organization provides important information regarding bike and wheeled safety, helmet fit, and pedestrian safety. They also offer up to 50 free bike helmets. Free helmets are available year-round, as funding permits. Please contact Ashlee.Barkley@ks.gov, KDHE Outreach Coordinator, for more information.
BORP is a Bay Area organization that brings adaptive bikes onto campus for students with disabilities. BORP’s a great resource for folks interested in getting an adaptive bike, as well as other adaptive recreational opportunities!
Safe Kids Worldwide Rules of the Ride (English)
School Bus Safety
Safe Kids Worldwide School Bus Safety Tips (English)
SRTS for Students with Disabilities
Involving Students with Disabilities in SRTS - This document, prepared by the the National Center for Safe Routes to School, outlines strategies for creating SRTS programming that works for students with disabilities.
Student-Centered Walk Audits: A Guide to Partnering with High School Students with Disabilities to Address Barriers to Mobility - This guide from the National Center for Safe Routes to School offers a step-by-step approach to partner with students in identifying challenges and turning their insights into meaningful improvements.
Creating Connections: Opportunities for Safe Routes to School Programs to Support High School Students with Disabilities - This info brief from the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center explains how disabilities can affect travel, how federal education policies relate to transportation, and opportunities for SRTS programs to partner with transition support programs.
Crossing Guard Guidelines
Adult School Crossing Guard Guidelines - These guidelines were developed by the National Center for Safe Routes to School and the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center to help communities understand crossing guard placement, training, and strategies.