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• Maine Schools Celebrate Walk and Bike to School Month Throughout May! May is Walk and Bike to School Month in Maine and students in over 40 schools from Fort Kent to York and from Rangely to Lincolnville have announced that they will be celebrating as they commute on foot or by bicycle.
  Posted on 5/13/2013
• Maine Schools' Spring 2013 Walk and Bike Activities! Check out what Maine schools are doing for walk and bike to school activities this spring!
  Posted on 4/22/2013
• Fifteen Maine Communities Awarded 2013 Mini-Grants for Building Safer & Stronger Walk & Bike to School Programs! Learn more about inspiring and creative Safe Routes to School initiatives from around the state - supported by the Maine Safe Routes to School Mini-grant Program.
  Posted on 4/6/2013
• 2012 Maine SRTS Mini-Grant Successes - Thanks to Local Champions! Photos and stories from the 21 Maine communities that were awarded 2012 Maine Safe Routes to School Mini-Grants for a variety of safety education and walk and bike activities.
  Posted on 1/15/2013
• Kennebunk: A Maine Safe Routes to School Mini-Grant Success Story - Thanks to a Great Local Champion! Learn more about this building youth bicycle culture success story from Kennebunk Elementary School - leveraging funding to create a school bike fleet and in-school and after-school bike activities.
  Posted on 1/14/2013
• York Police School Resource Officer Makes National Publication for SRTS Work! Learn more about how local (York - yay!) and national School Resource Officers help with Safe Routes to School programs - in the Winter 2012 issue of the Journal of School Safety, published by the National Association of School Resource Officers.
  Posted on 12/20/2012
• Maine Schools' Fall 2012 Walk and Bike Activities! Check out what more than 35 Maine schools are doing for walk and bike to school activities this fall!
  Posted on 9/25/2012
• Walk & Bike to School Events of the 2011-2012 School Year Check out what over 75 schools from around the state accomplished for walk & bike to school events last year and be inspired!
  Posted on 8/27/2012
• York Students Produce Bike Safety Tips Video!
  Posted on 4/27/2012
• 2012 Spring & Summer Walk and Bike Events Across Maine! Check out what over 50 schools are up to around the state and be inspired!
  Posted on 4/16/2012
• Twenty-One Maine Communities Awarded 2012 Mini-Grants for Building Safer & Stronger Walk & Bike to School Programs! Learn more about inspiring and creative Safe Routes to School initiatives from around the state - supported by the Maine Safe Routes to School Mini-grant Program and with additional assistance from several local Healthy Maine Partnerships and the Maine Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Education Program.
  Posted on 4/2/2012
• Safe Routes Infrastructure Successes Federal Safe Routes to School physical infrastructure funds have improved safety and the quality of place Maine Communities.
  Posted on 3/16/2012
• 2011 SRTS Yearly Report Safe Routes to School's annual report on walk and bike to school safety programming across the state of Maine.
  Posted on 3/1/2012
• Two Maine Schools are Winners of National Safe Routes to School Mini-grants!
  Posted on 12/15/2011
• Fall 2011 Walk and Bike Activities! Check out the success of this past fall's Walk and Bike to School Events!
  Posted on 12/15/2011
• TV Story on Daily Walking School Bus in Portland!
  Posted on 10/15/2011
• From the Classroom to the Road: Safety Education & Bike Treks Go Hand in Hand Bike treks - or bicycling field trips - offer an opportunity for Monmouth and Dresden students to learn safe and practical bicycling handling skills.
  Posted on 8/15/2011
• 2010 - 2011 School Walk & Bike Highlights 2010-2011 School Year - Walk and Bike Activity Highlights - including annual photo essay!
  Posted on 8/15/2011
• Readfield Students Encourage Drivers to Slow Down: “Drive 25 – Keep Kids Alive”
  Posted on 7/15/2011
• Amazing Bike-Intensive Course at Casco Bay High School Students build school bike culture while learning bicycle mechanic, safety, and planning skills at a week-long intensive.
  Posted on 1/20/2011
• School Travel Plans in Portland and Ellsworth - A Possibility for Your Community? School Travel Plans can identify and reduce barriers to safe walking and bicycling to school and after-school activities.
  Posted on 11/15/2010
• Taking Action by Taking Stock – Building Better Safe Routes to School Programs with Parent Surveys
  Posted on 11/15/2010
• Student Walk & Bike Commuter Profile: Tyler Bean of Yarmouth
  Posted on 9/15/2010
• Maine Schools & Their 2009-2010 Walk & Bike Events!
  Posted on 8/1/2010
• Winslow Elementary Receives National Center for Safe Routes Mini-grant!
  Posted on 5/1/2010
• Walking in a Winter Wonderland: Safe Routes to School in South Berwick
  Posted on 1/15/2010
• Houlton Southside School Creates Safety Patrol
  Posted on 9/15/2009
• Brunswick Walk and Bike to School - How One Initiative Takes Off! Learn how one community experimented with a one-time walk and bike to school event and it grew from there!
  Posted on 8/20/2009
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Benefits of Safe Routes to School Programs:

• Enhance children’s health and well being
• Boost academic performance and improve classroom behavior
• Ease traffic congestion and improve air quality near schools
• Improve community members' overall quality of life

Safe Routes to School Resources are Available to Any School!

For a glimpse of a community doing great Safe Routes work, see this News Story on Ellsworth.