Welcome to the NM SRTS website!

The NM Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program is a federally funded program administered by the NM Department of Transportation (NMDOT) that provides funding to communities and school districts in New Mexico to enable and encourage students in K-8th grades to safely walk and bicycle to school.

The federal SRTS program was established by Section 1404 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), a federal transportation bill passed on August 10, 2005. For more information on the federal guidelines for SRTS please click here. For more information on SRTS program goals and history, click the links on the left.

Successful SRTS programs utilize the "5 Es" approach - engineering, education, encouragement, enforcement and evaluation. To learn more please visit "The 5 E's".

For more information on applying for funds from New Mexico's SRTS program, please visit How to Apply and download the NM SRTS Handbook. For a map of funded communities click on Funded Communities.

There are several presentations available that explain the SRTS program, as well as the NM SRTS brochure, and other materials. Visit the links under the "Resources" tab to the left for more information and to download materials.

Find out what's new with NM SRTS - click here to read the latest newsletter or join the NM SRTS email list to stay up-to-date on NM SRTS activities. And get things started in your community by planning an event for the annual Walk and Roll to School Day, scheduled for October 6, 2010. To learn more about past Walk and Roll to School Day events in New Mexico, read the report on the 2006-2008 events.