Safe Routes to School (SRTS)

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What Are Safe Routes to School?

The Maricopa Association of Governments Safe Routes to School Program consists of providing resources for schools and municipalities to administer Safe Routes to School (SRTS) initiatives and activities such as:

  • Crossing Guard Training Workshops
  • Programming of Transportation Alternatives SRTS federal aid funding
  • Administration of SRTS Studies Projects

This is an opportunity to work closely with your school, your community, and your local government to create a healthy lifestyle for children and a safer, cleaner environment for everyone.

Crossing Guard Workshops

The Maricopa Association of Governments works with cities and towns to improve road safety. Crossing Guard Workshops provide basic education and training to school crossing guards. This training is essential to ensure that crossing guards do not compromise the safety of K-8 school children or themselves while performing duties. The intent of this MAG workshop and the associated print materials and video is to provide basic safety training for all school crossing guards as a regional road safety initiative. All K-8 schools may utilize this workshop to train their school crossing guards. The responsibility remains with each school for hiring, training, and defining when and where crossing guards are to be on duty.

Safe Routes to School Funding and Administration

The most recent Transportation Alternatives (TA) – SRTS call for projects was issued in 2022, for projects conducted in Fiscal Year 2025.

The excel format applications for Priority One: SRTS Studies and Priority Two: SRTS Support Activity projects are available for download below.

2025 Crossing Guard Training Workshops

Crossing guard training workshops were conducted July 14, July 28, and August 5, 2025. Information will be posted for 2026 workshops when it becomes available. In the meantime, feel free to watch our recording of a previous workshop and review the print materials below.

Materials

MAG Regional School Crossing Guard Training Workshop Manual

English Version
Spanish Version

School Crossing Guard Procedures
Traffic Laws
Heat and Welfare

 

Videos

2020 English Videos

Complete Workshop Training Video
Complete Workshop Video
Welcome Video
Welcome
Health and Welfare
Health and Welfare

 

Guardians of the Future
Guardians of the Future
Crosswalk DemonstrationVideo
Crosswalk Demonstration
Laws Regarding Crosswalks
Laws Regarding Crosswalks

2020 Spanish Videos

Complete Workshop Training Video
Complete Workshop Video
Welcome Video
Welcome
Health and Welfare
Health and Welfare

 

Guardians of the Future
Guardians of the Future
Crosswalk DemonstrationVideo
Crosswalk Demonstration
Laws Regarding Crosswalks
Laws Regarding Crosswalks

FOR SCHOOLS

A Safe Routes to School program is a unique opportunity for schools to work with local agencies and the community to promote the health and safety of K-8 students. The MAG program provides resources from providing annual training and materials for crossing guards to helping identify safety improvements for K-8 students walking and biking to school. In addition, MAG manages funds allocated to the region for the Transportation Alternatives federal aid funding source with oversight from municipality staff representatives. Funding can be used for consultant services to develop SRTS studies, infrastructure improvements that promote and encourage walking and biking to school, educational materials, and modest incentives for program participation.

Click here to view the SRTS Studies Fact Sheet.

FOR MUNICIPALITIES

The MAG region receives an annual allocation of federal aid Transportation Alternatives funding from the Arizona DOT. MAG member agencies are eligible to submit applications for utilizing this funding to help your schools and communities promote the health and safety of K-8 students. The call for new projects occurs each August and that information will be posted here. You can view past applications on MAG's TIP Modal Applications page. MAG member agency Managers are notified of all calls for projects utilizing federal aid funding. MAG administers the SRTS studies funded with TA SRTS funds through their qualified on-call consultant contracts. You can read more about this in the Fact Sheet provided in the link below. In addition, resources are provided to assist local agencies to work with stakeholders for starting new or advance existing SRTS programs and activities at your schools. These resource materials are provided in the links below.

Click here to view the SRTS Studies Fact Sheet.

 

 

2022 TA SRTS Call for Projects

The last TA-SRTS call for applications included SRTS Studies and SRTS Support Activity projects for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.

FY 2025 TA SRTS Applications and Resources

 

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Where the Money Goes

City/County Location Work Total Funding
Buckeye Liberty elementary Schools - Freedom and Blue Horizons Safe Routes to School Studies $83,200
Buckeye Festival Foothills Elementary Safe Routes to School Studies $41,600
Gilbert Rice Elementary Safe Routes to School Studies $41,600
Goodyear Belen Soto Elementary Safe Routes to School Studies $41,600
City/County Location Work Total Funding
Buckeye Tartesso and Saddle Mountain Elementary Safe Routes to School Studies $78,458
Gilbert Power Ranch, Spectrum, Mesquite, Quartz Hill Elementary Safe Routes to School Studies $156,915
Surprise Asante Prep and Legacy West Safe Routes to School Studies $78,458
City/County Location Work Total Funding
Buckeye Verrado Elementary, Middle and Verrado Heritage Elementary Safe Routes to School Studies $87,793
Fountain Hills McDowell Mountain Elementary, Fountain Hills Middle and Charter Schools Safe Routes to School Studies $117,686
Peoria Citywide Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) Safe Routes to School Studies $156,161
Surprise Paradise Honors Elementary and Middle Schools Safe Routes to School Study $78,458
City/County Location Work Total Funding
Apache Junction Cactus Canyon Junior High and Four Peaks Elementary School Safe Routes to School Studies $50,922
Apache Junction Imagine Prep Superstition and Avalon Elementary School Safe Routes to School Studies $50,922
Gila Bend Gila Bend Elementary School Safe Routes to School Study $35,000
Maricopa County Montebello, Tumbleweed, Eagle College Prep Safe Routes to School Support Activity $47,148
Phoenix Balsz School District Safe Routes to School Studies $44,321
Phoenix Wilson Primary Safe Routes to School Study $28,290
Phoenix Wilson Secondary Safe Routes to School Study $28,290
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Salt River Elementary School Safe Routes to School Study $46,207
Scottsdale Citywide Safe Routes to School Coordinator $47,148
Surprise Charter K-8 SRTS Program Manager Safe Routes to School Program Manager $49,036
Surprise Dysart Unified School District Safe Routes to School Program Manager $49,036
FY 2021 Projects were deferred to FY 2022 due to COVID-19 restrictions and school closures.
City/County Location Work Total Funding
Avondale Quentin Elementary, Collier Elementary, Legacy Traditional School, Rancho Santa Fe Elementary Safe Routes to School Studies $100,000
Maricopa County David Crockett Elementary, Encanto Elementary, Clarendon Elementary, Montebello Elementary Walk-N-Rollers SRTS Support Activity Project $47,150
Maricopa County Tumbleweed Elementary, Maryland Elementary, Lowell School, Moon Mountain Elementary SRTS Support Activity Project $47,150
Surprise Kingswood, West Point, and Sonoran Heights Elementary SRTS Support Activity Project $27,811
Surprise ACA, Imagine Prep, and Imagine Rosefield Schools SRTS Support Activity Project $27,811
Surprise Ashton Ranch, Countryside, Parkview Elementary Safe Routes to School Support Activity $27,811
Surprise Marley Park and Rancho Gabriela Elementary SRTS Support Activity Project $33,241
City/County Location Work Total Funding
Avondale Rio Vista Elementary, Corte Sierra Elementary, Avondale Middle, Lattie Coor Elementary, Elice C. Felix Elementary Safe Routes to School Studies $96,186
Maricopa County David Crockett Elementary, Encanto Elementary, Clarendon Elementary, Montebello Elementary Walk-N-Rollers SRTS Support Activity Project $47,148
Maricopa County Tumbleweed Elementary, Maryland Elementary, Lowell School, Moon Mountain Elementary SRTS Support Activity Project $47,148
Scottsdale Citywide Safe Routes to School Coordinator $47,149
Surprise Kingswood, West Point, and Sonoran Heights Elementary SRTS Support Activity Project $21,740
Surprise ACA, Imagine Prep, and Imagine Rosefield Schools SRTS Support Activity Project $21,739
Surprise Ashton Ranch, Countryside, Parkview Elementary SRTS Support Activity Project $21,740