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To participate in the SRTS program, a school or community completes the Massachusetts Safe Routes to School Participation Request.

  • schools identify their interest in collaborating on Safe Routes to School initiatives through the Participation Request.
  • interested schools and communities submit the completed Participation Request, via fax, email, or mail.
  • MassRIDES coordinators meet and brief school stakeholders on the Safe Routes to School program.
  • the school partners with MassRIDES by completing a Participation Enrollment Form and begins implementing the Safe Routes to School program.
  • MassRIDES partner schools implementing education and encouragement activities become eligible for infrastructure projects specifically targeted to enhancing safe access to schools.

Interested? Please send the completed Participation Request form to: Download Form (247kb)

Safe Routes to School
c/o MassRIDES
10 Park Plaza, Suite 2180
Boston, MA 02116
Fax - 1.617.892.6090 or email

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