SRTS program educates students, parents and community
members on the value of walking, bicycling, carpooling, and taking public
transit and the school bus for travel to and from school.FFY 2009 Annual Listing of Obligated Projects
Old Colony Planning Council is making the FFY 2007 Annual Listing of Obligated Projects available as required by the statutory provisions of SAFETEA-LU, 23 U.S.C. 134(j)(7)(B), 23 U.S.C. 135(g)(4)(B), 49 U.S.C. 5303(j)(7)(B), and 49 U.S.C. 5304(g)(4)(B) available for public review.
The Annual Listing of Projects provides the projects for which federal funds have been obligated in the preceding federal fiscal year. Please note that the listing is consistent with the funding categories identified in the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
FTA/FHWA Final Guidance on Annual Listing of Obligated Projects
Old Colony FFY-09 Highway and Bridge Obligations & FFY-09 Transit Obligations
Safe Routes to School
The Safe Routes to School (SRTS)
program promotes healthy alternatives for children and parents in their travel
to and from school. The
SRTS program educates students, parents and community
members on the value of walking, bicycling, carpooling, and taking public
transit and the school bus for travel to and from school.
The purpose of the program is to: enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school; to make walking and bicycling to school safe and more appealing; and to facilitate the planning, development and implementation of projects that will improve safety, and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools.
Please refer to the following link for more information.
http://www.commute.com/default.asp?pgid=massrides/srsMain&sid=mrlevel2