Funding options & Safe Routes to School Data for SLO County
Mini-Grants Available for 2026/27 School Year!
Rideshare’s Safe Routes to School program offers mini-grant funding to K-12 schools in San Luis Obispo County for education and encouragement activities that make it safe, convenient, and fun for children to walk and bicycle to and from school.
Safe Routes to School Family Survey Results (2022,2024, 2026)
A big thanks to all of the SLO County K-12 families, schools, and local communities who provided input on the 2024 Safe Routes to School Family Survey. We received over 1,200 responses! Your input helps us advocate for additional Safe Routes to School funding and resources.
2024 Family Survey Map Results (interactive map)
2024 Family Survey Summary Data
2022 Family Survey Summary Data
Safe Routes to School is an initiative that works to make it safe, convenient, and fun for children to walk and bicycle to and from schools. The goal is to get more children walking and bicycling to school, improve kids’ safety, and increase health and physical activity. In 1969, nearly 50 percent of all children in the United States (and nearly 90 percent of those within a mile of school) walked or bicycled to school. Today, that number has plummeted to fewer than 15 percent. During the morning commute, driving to school represents 10-14 percent of traffic on the road. Studies show that Safe Routes to School programs are effective at increasing rates of bicycling and walking to school and decreasing injuries, while helping reduce traffic congestion and pollution around school zones.
Let us know!
Tell us where you had a near miss, where updates are needed, a spot you feel unsafe: map coming soon
Encourage active transportation choices at your school with support from Rideshare.
The mission of Rideshare’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program is to educate and empower school communities, K–12 students, and parents through tools and incentives that encourage active transportation choices and create change in family/student commuter habits. Any San Luis Obispo County school faculty member, administrator, or parent wishing to build or grow a Safe Routes to School program is urged to contact Rideshare staff for free support in the form of community resources, incentives, and on-bike education for students. Additionally, Rideshare will market your school as a Safe Routes to School community member in public relations activities, advertisements, newsletters, and on our website.
