Education and Outreach
Safer Journey
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Pedestrian Safer Journey (revised 2013) helps educators, parents and others who care about pedestrian safety to get the conversation started with children and youth. Available online, three videos — one for each of three age groups — accompanied by a quiz or discussion and an educator's resource library can be used as an introduction to pedestrian safety skills or to augment a comprehensive curriculum.
Visit Pedestrian Safer Journey website
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Bicycle Safer Journey (revised 2014) helps educators, parents and others who care about bicycle safety to get the conversation started with children and youth. Available online, three videos — one for each of three age groups — accompanied by a quiz or discussion and an educator's resource library can be used as an introduction to bicycle safety skills or to augment a comprehensive curriculum.
OTHER RESOURCES:
- Pedestrian Forum Newsletter
Pedestrian safety improvements depend on an integrated approach that involves the 4 E's: Engineering, Enforcement, Education, and Emergency Services. The Pedestrian Forum highlights recent pedestrian safety activities related to the 4 E's that will help reach FHWA's safety goals and save lives. - Pedestrian Safety Campaign is a comprehensive set of materials for local communities to use in implementing their own Pedestrian Safety Campaign. It includes materials designed for use in television, radio, cinema, and print advertising. Some of the materials included are in Spanish. States and local communities are responsible for implementing the campaign through local television and radio stations and print medias. A Campaign Planning Guide that explains in detail how to implement the campaign successfully at the local level is also available.
- Hispanic Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety
Several years ago, the FHWA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) completed a project to determine the extent of the ped/bike safety problem as it relates to Hispanic populations in the United States and develop appropriate outreach materials and a plan for distributing them to these audiences. - FHWA University Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety is a set of resources designed to provide background materials for an undergraduate or graduate university course on bicycling and walking. The FHWA distributes this teaching resource to stimulate the development of nationwide university courses on bicycle and pedestrian transportation to ensure that emerging engineers, planners, and other professional disciplines are knowledgeable in bicycle and pedestrian issues.