According to an Oct. 16th F,G, & T Construction News article, "The Georgia Department of Transportation used International Walk to School Day to announce its SRTS Program. The program makes $16 million in funding available in Georgia for a wide variety of programs and projects, from building safer street crossings to establishing programs that encourage children and their parents to walk and bicycle safely to school.
"Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is an international movement that began in the 1970's in Denmark and quickly spread to the United States in the 1990's and is now a worldwide phenomenon. The purpose of SRTS programs is to encourage kids to walk and bike to school, and to improve safety in the vicinity of schools."
For more info on Georgia's program, go to: http://www.dot.state.ga.us/srts
~ from CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking
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