Nearly 20 years ago, the U.S. Congress approved funding to implement the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program across the country. SRTS promotes safe and accessible active transportation, like walking or biking, for students to school through infrastructure improvements, safety education, safety enforcement and incentives. Despite the demonstrated physical and mental health benefits of active transportation to children—and advantages granted to school districts and local neighborhoods by the program—many economically disadvantaged communities do not implement it. Researchers from Penn State’s Department of Kinesiology have now learned why that might be Read More