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School Safety Starts with SRTS
Creating safer journeys for students begins with well-planned and visible signage. The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) initiative supports communities in fostering safe, accessible transportation options that encourage walking and biking to school. Whether it’s improving a crosswalk or installing a school zone warning sign, every detail matters when it comes to student safety.
What Is SRTS?
SRTS stands for Safe Routes to School. This national program empowers schools, communities, and city planners to create a safer environment for students traveling by foot, bike, or bus. With a focus on pedestrian safety and sustainable transportation, the SRTS program prioritizes infrastructure upgrades, educational outreach, and community involvement.
How SRTS Improves School Safety
Strategic signage placement plays a key role in traffic calming, especially near school entrances and bus zones. Solutions such as school bus loading zone signs and flashing school zone lights help alert drivers to slow down and remain alert for crossing children. Through engineering efforts and expert input, communities can improve the conditions that make daily commutes safer.
Safe Routes to School Program in Action
The Safe Routes to School program brings together schools, families, and local governments to identify hazards and implement targeted improvements. From enhanced lighting to dedicated bicycle lanes, each addition contributes to a more equitable and secure journey for every student. Tools like blind pedestrian assistance signs or look both ways signage ensure inclusive access for all students regardless of ability.
Resources to Improve Your SRTS Strategy
Explore our collection of pedestrian signs to improve visibility and compliance in your school zones. Our site offers a variety of high-visibility products that align with SRTS guidelines, helping schools and planners choose signage that meets state and federal safety requirements. Whether you're enhancing a crossing or redesigning a zone, we provide the resources you need to get started.
Design Contests and Community Involvement
Engaging students in a yard sign design contest is a great way to promote awareness and creativity around traffic safety. When students participate in designing signs for their school, they develop a deeper connection to the importance of transportation safely. These events encourage ownership, foster pride, and deepen the impact of your SRTS initiative.
Why SRTS Needs a Website
Having a centralized website for your SRTS efforts ensures that stakeholders can easily access updates, resources, and event calendars. It also offers a place for parents and community members to share feedback or learn about upcoming changes to road and zone infrastructure near schools.
Stay Timely, Stay Safe
Timely implementation of SRTS initiatives—like posting new signage or refreshing existing markings—can make all the difference. Don’t wait until an incident occurs. Proactively investing in safe routes to school signage, like high-visibility crosswalk signs, ensures every school day begins and ends with safety in mind. Let us help your community build a network of protected, connected paths to school—where every student walks or rides with confidence.
Choose the right material for the job:
- ORAJET® 3105 HT: Designed for long-term graphic applications. Especially for hard-to-stick, low-energy plastics with a smooth or slightly textured flat surface such as kayaks, bins, and coolers.
- ORAJET® 3641: This vinyl is typically used for Flat, short-term applications. Perfect for short-term outdoor general signage, window graphics, long-term indoor general signage, permanent wall graphics and murals, & promotional stickers & decals.
- ORAJET® 3651: This vinyl is typically used for short – to medium-term applications. Works well for medium-term outdoor general signage, vehicle decals, long-term indoor general signage, window graphics, permanent wall graphics and murals, industrial labels.
- ORALITE® 5400: Reflective - Economical traffic, guidance, warning and information signs as well as reflective lettering, numbers and symbols. Meets requirements of MUTCD, ASTM D 4956 specifications for Type I, Class 1 retroreflective sheeting.
- ORALITE® 5900: Reflective - Designed for the production of traffic signs for long-term outdoor exposure. Meets requirements of MUTCD, ASTM D 4956 specifications for Type IV, Class 1 retroreflective sheeting.
- ORALITE® 6700: Reflective - Designed for the production of traffic control, guidance, warning and information signs for long-term outdoor exposure. Meets requirements of MUTCD, ASTM D 4956 specifications for Type I, Class 1 retroreflective sheeting.
- ORALITE® 7900: Reflective - Designed for the production of permanent, outdoor traffic control signage. Meets requirements of MUTCD, ASTM D 4956 specifications for Type IX, Class 1 retroreflective sheeting.
- ORALITE® 9900: Reflective - This is the highest-end retroreflective designed for the production of permanent, outdoor traffic control signage. Fully meets and/or exceeds the requirements of ASTM D 4956 for specifications for Type XI, class 1 retroreflective sheeting.
- ORALITE® 5061: Laminiate - Designed for long-term outdoor applications, provides UV protection. Highly recommended for any printing done on reflective materials.
