Safe Routes to School

Program
The Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program helps kids and their families walk, bike, and roll to and from school and around their neighborhoods. Through education and infrastructure improvements, we increase safety, encourage physical activity, and much more.
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Featured content

A group of students in backpacks smiling at each other as they walk two by two on a sidewalk. They all have their hands in their pockets on a chilly, October morning.

About Safe Routes to School

Close-up of students’ and caregivers’ jeans and tennis shoes as they walk to school on a sidewalk. PBOT has resources to help plan your route. Photo by PBOT.

Safe Routes to School Frequently Asked Questions

Four children and two adults on bikes in the street stopping to smile for the camera.

Sign up for Safe Routes to School emails

The legs of three pedestrians with long pants and Converse and Vans shoes walking on a sidewalk abutting greenery.

Pedestrian safety education

Middle school class rides bikes near George Middle School

Bike safety education

Middle school students design transportation safety posters in health class.

Transportation safety in the classroom

An elementary-aged child wearing a backpack and holding a colorful cardboard cutout of a school bus with text that reads, "walking school bus."

How to start a walking school bus

A group of more than two dozen kids and adults on bike on a neighborhood street under a canopy of trees.

How to start a bike bus

Approximately 7 kids and a couple adults walking along a sidewalk near a school. The kids all have backpacks on.

How to start a park-and-walk

A group of four young children on bicycles. They are stopped on the side of a street, wearing helmets, and smiling.

Transportation safety education programming

Kids and an adult playing on a street at a street fair.

Personal safety on our streets

This image shows the words "Transportation Academy" on a brown background.

Transportation Academy

Seven children smile and post for a photo while standing and straddling their bikes on a concrete surface outside of a school.

Safe Routes to School Program Summary 2023-24

A wrench standing upright entwined with a rose encompassed by a white hexagon. Title says Fixing Our Streets Your Dime at Work over a salmon pink background.

Fixing Our Streets and Safe Routes to School

Intersection on NE Alberta Street with crosswalks and people walking

Report non-urgent traffic safety concerns

Contact

PBOT Safe Routes to School

saferoutes@portlandoregon.gov
phone number311

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A yellow Volvo construction heavy equipment truck scooping leaves on a Portland street.

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Events

Winter Walk + Roll to School Day 2025

Put on your snow or rain boots and walk or roll to school while enjoying winter time in Portland.

Community Event
Several adults and elementary school students wearing winter coats wait for hot drinks before school starts.
More events

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