Crime & Safety

Ballwin Police Launching Safe Routes to School Program

Enforcement began this week and runs through the end of the school year. It will focus on schools and routes on New Ballwin Road, plus Ballwin Elementary School on Jefferson Avenue.

The following information was provided by the Ballwin Police Department in a news release.

In an effort to encourage and enable Ballwin’s children to walk and bike to school, The Ballwin Police Department will launch its Safe Routes to School Program on February 6th, 2013.

The program will begin tomorrow and run through the end of the school year.  This Federal grant program was designed to target all the schools on New Ballwin Rd as well as Ballwin Elementary school on Jefferson Ave.  The enforcement will take place in the school zone area as well as the surrounding neighborhoods and areas where children will be walking and biking to the schools.

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“We look forward to encouraging more area students to walk or bike to school by ensuring their safety along those routes” said Chief Steve Schicker.

Childhood obesity rates have more than tripled in the past 30 years, while the number of children walking and biking to school has declined. According to the 2001 National Household Travel Survey, less than 16 percent of students between the ages of 5 and 15 walked or biked to or from school, compared to 42 percent in 1969.

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Through the 2005 passage of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), Congress designated a total of $612 million toward developing the National Safe Routes to School Program.

Police said residents can visit the following websites for additional information:


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