Research Reports
How Can We Ensure Traffic Safety Funds Improve Safety? A Conversation with Transportation Engineering Professionals
Traffic-related crashes are a leading cause of death among children in the United States. Improving children’s safety in school zones is an efficacious means of mitigating children’s injuries. Federal [...]
High School Safe Routes to School & School Travel Plan Guide
This document is designed to guide the development of high school-level Safe Routes to School Programs (SRTS) and School Travel Plans (STP). The first section of this guide focuses [...]
Expansion of the Safe Routes to School Program to High Schools in New Jersey: A Study of High School Level Programs in the United States
Traditionally, Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs have focused on students in grades K–8. Recent legislation extended eligibility through grade 12, creating new opportunities to support high school students [...]
New Jersey Crossing Guard Training Program 2025
For nearly fifteen years, the New Jersey Safe Routes Resource Center at the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) at Rutgers University has led research and development of a [...]
Student Arrival and Departure Tallies in New Jersey
After seventeen years in operation, the National Center for Safe Routes to School data system was shut down in 2024. In its absence, users of the National Center data [...]
Strengthening Communities through Collaboration: The Partnership between Sustainable Jersey and the NJDOT Safe Routes to School Program
The New Jersey Safe Routes to School program, along with the Sustainable Jersey and Sustainable Jersey for Schools programs, has a long history of collaboration to create healthier, more [...]