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<br /> <br />MnlDOT'News Release <br /> <br /> <br />Home I About MnlDOT I Doing Business I" <br />Getting Around I <br /> <br />Mn/DOT A to Z I Contact I Simple Search I <br />Advanced Search I <br /> <br />News Release <br />May 23, 2006 <br /> <br />New Mn/DOT program will encourage walking, biking to school <br /> <br />Minnesota elementary and middle schools have a new way to encourage students to bike and walk to school, <br />according to Minnesota Department of Transportation officials. Safe Routes to School is a new federal grant <br />program that will be administered by MnlDOT. <br /> <br />The Intent of this program Is to make walking and riding bike to school safer and easier,. said Krlstle Billiar, <br />MnlDOT's Safe Routes to School coordinator. Mlt will provide a number of benefits Including reduced traffic, <br />reduced fuel consumption, less air pollution around schools, and potentially healthier kids.. <br /> <br />Billiar said research indicates that few children walk or bike to school and parents give about half of all students <br />a ride to school. Research also shows that the incidence of childhood obesity and Type II diabetes in children <br />has increased significantly in recent years. <br /> <br />The Minnesota Safe Routes to School program will receive $8 million in funding in the 2005 federal <br />transportation bill passed by the U.S. Congress. It will provide grants through 2009. This year, the program will <br />accept grant applications for amounts between $10,000 and $175,000 for infrastructure projects and for <br />amounts between $5,000 and $10,000 for non-infrastructure projects. <br /> <br />New program promote. walking, biking to school 2/2/2 <br /> <br />Mlnfrastructure projects include sidewalks and Intersection improvements,. said Bllllar. MNon-lnfrastructure <br />projects Include educational programs and brochures or publications that educate students about biking and <br />walking to school. It <br /> <br />MnlDOT began accepting Safe Routes to School applications on May 1, Bllliar said. The application period <br />closes on July 6 and grants will be awarded in September. MnlDOT is conducting a number of workshops in <br />June about the program. Go to www.mndotgov for more information on the workshops. <br /> <br />Application material can be found at the Safe Routes.to School website at <br />http://www.dot.state.mn.uslsaferouteslAppPac.html. Interested parties can also email Billiar at <br />kristie.billiar@dotstate.mn.us or mail her at Kristle M. Billiar, Safe Route to School Coordinator, 395 John <br />Ireland Blvd., MS 315, St. Paul, MN <br />55155. <br /> <br />Go to Top <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />Conti <br />. ~ <br />e <br />F <br /> <br />Loca' <br />Mlnn <br />ofTr <br />Offia <br />395 " <br />Mail : <br />St. Pi <br /> <br />Addi <br /> <br />. ~ <br />. .~ <br />. ~ <br />New! <br /> <br />Sea~ <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />@ 2000..2005 Minnesota Department of Transportation <br />395 John Ireland Boulevard · St. Paul, MN 55155-1899 <br />Phone: 800/657...3774. 800/627-3529 (TTV, Voice, ASCII) <br />This site best viewed with 1024X768 or greater and <br />with Netscape 4.7 or Intemet Explorer 4.5 or greater. <br /> <br />AJQ...? I ~~J.ng..Ar9.Y.o.g.1 AP<>.aA.MflIO.QI I OQ'.n..g...e.Y$.'.o.~.1 CQo!~9tM.o.lPQI I <br />N~w$....R.QQm. I 511...I.r.av.e.te.r..~r.v'ce. I C.ar~er$./J.o.b$. I L.ink.$.. I N.Qr.1b.ltl.r. I <br />G2y.~rnQ(..LS1~.1 <br /> <br />SOt <br /> <br />http://www.dot.state.mn~us/newsrels/06/0S/23walkingbikingprogram.html <br /> <br />6/5/2006 <br />