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About SRTS The Safe Routes To School Program empowers communities to make walking and bicycling to school a safe and routine activity once again. Safe Routes to School is a National Program that began in July of 2005 and has been revised in November 2021. To date, Connecticut has awarded 37 infrastructure projects and has signed up 127 schools as part of the Safe Routes to School program. 2005-2015 SRTS Coordinator Website and Social Media Non-infrastructure programs Infrastructure projects2015-2022 Continuation of SRTS: Vision Document Walk/Bike/Roll days Completed construction projects2023-present New SRTS Coordinator New Website New Registration process Non-infrastructure (schools) Infrastructure (towns)Photo of bike rack with children's bicycles at Orchard Hill School in South Windsor CT