Safe Routes to School

Safe routes for students and children

The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program improves the City's streets. It does this by making pedestrian and bicycle improvements for students and children. We use the SRTS program resources and projects in a fair and equitable manner.

Program goals

Encourage students to walk or bicycle to/from school
Improve the comfort and safety of the city's pedestrian and bicycle network near
- Schools
- Parks
- Libraries
- Other neighborhood destinations

Asphalt art installation

South-Folwell Safe Routes to School’s Asphalt Art Initiative

The South-Folwell SRTS project is the site of an asphalt art installation. This work was funded through Bloomberg Philanthropies' Asphalt Art Initiative Grant.

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Minneapolis Public Works worked with Minneapolis Arts and Cultural Affairs to select artists. The artists worked with Minneapolis Public Schools art teachers and students. In spring 2024, they designed and installed the murals with the help of volunteers and City staff.

This art will be on the street for two years. The final South-Folwell SRTS project will replace the art in 2026.

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Walking Routes for Youth Map

The Walking Routes for Youth map shows the safest routes to:

Schools
Park recreation centers
Libraries

These routes use low traffic streets wherever possible. The map also highlights where routes must cross busier intersections. Other information such as traffic controls, transit stops and accessibility concerns are shown.

The map is available as a PDF to download and as an interactive web map. Printed copies are distributed at Minneapolis Public Schools.

Download the walking routes map

View the interactive map