What can I get funding for?
Support for encouragement, education and evaluation activities comes through becoming a Partner with the SRTS Resource Center. Some schools enrolled as a Partner with the Resource Center will receive assistance in planning for engineering (infrastructure) projects.
Click here to learn more about the Resource Center.
Click here if you are interested in becoming a Partner with the Resource Center.
Georgia provides funding for engineering projects around schools through local governments. Examples include:
- Make it easier and safer to cross the street with crosswalks, median refuges, raised crossings, new or upgraded traffic signals, pavement markings, and flashing beacons.
- Make it easier and safer to walk along the road by installing new sidewalks.
- Slow down traffic with traffic calming measures such as traffic circles, narrower streets and raised crossings.
- Make it easier and safer to bike in the street with new bicycle lanes, widened outside lanes or roadway shoulders, traffic signs, and pavement markings.
- Install places for kids to travel away from the street such as trails and pathways that are separated from a roadway.
- Install bike racks and lockers in designated areas with safety lighting, and covered bicycle shelters.
- Safety improvements on school campuses that reduce conflicts between autos and buses, and pedestrians and bicyclists.
Click here to learn how to apply for infrastructure funds and more about past awardees.
Click here for the September status report of funded infrastructure projects.
Georgia also provides funding for enforcement activities such as:
- Costs for law personnel to carry out SRTS program enforcement activities, such as overtime pay for police officers to conduct speed enforcement, crosswalk enforcement or safety education activities, etc.
- Special enforcement equipment such as mobile speed trailers.
- Officer training for speed enforcement, crosswalk yielding enforcement or other activities.
- Training and equipment costs for crossing guards including communications and safety equipment. (Note: On-going personnel costs for crossing guard programs are not an eligible expense.)
The Safe Routes to School program is located within the Georgia Department of Transportation. Click here for the Program Coordinator’s contact information.
