What is Safe Routes? Why Safe Routes? Where are Safe Routes? Is there Funding?

Where are Safe Routes plans being done?

Safe Routes to School in Connecticut has been inspired by several other successful models in other states and other countries. These include programs in California, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Texas, Washington, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia.


Francisco Gomes has worked with several communities in Connecticut including: Greenwich, Manchester, New Britain, Norwich, and Stamford. In each community, significant measures were taken to improve the roads and sidewalks around schools. These changes took effect within one to two years of the Safe Routes plan, with some improvements being made as soon as issues were identified during the Safe Routes process.