Research Reports
Health, Safety, and School Benefits
Safe Routes to School Program Implementation and Student Outcomes The primary focus of the Safe Routes program is to encourage students to use active transportation such as walking, bicycling [...]
Crossing Guard Training Programs Across States
This paper explores state crossing guard programs to identify best practice or new developments in training content and delivery, and resources that might be beneficial additions to the New [...]
Distracted Driving in School Zones
School zones can be challenging for child pedestrians and bicyclists. Although distracted driving poses a particular risk, there have been few studies on the impacts of distracted driving in school zones where children [...]
A Benefit/Cost Analysis of SRTS Programs in New Jersey
This paper looks at the economic, health, and environmental elements that would be included in a benefit-cost analysis for Safe Routes to School (SRTS) infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. A [...]
Employing Crime Prevention through Environmental Design in SRTS
This report explores evidence that SRTS programs should address crime-related issues and considers whether Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is an appropriate planning framework for enhancing the personal [...]
Predictable is Preventable: Tracking Pedestrian Near-Miss Incidents
As part of a recent study to identify, and gather information on, a list of challenging school crossings, researchers at the Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) at Rutgers University surveyed [...]