What is ASRTS?
Active & Safe Routes to School (ASRTS) is a comprehensive approach to increasing the use of active transportation by children and youth, and making it safer for them to do so. Active transportation means any non-motorized mode such as walking, cycling, in-line skating, skateboarding, scootering, wheelchairing, cross-country skiing, canoeing, etc.
The Active & Safe Routes to School vision is a Nova Scotia where walking, cycling or using other forms of active transportation is a popular and safe choice made by children, youth and their families for the trip to school and other places kids go.
It aims to:
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution from cars
- Increase physical activity
- Increase traffic safety
Overall, ASRTS fosters community cohesion and produces safer, calmer streets and neighbourhoods for active transportation.
Active & Safe Routes to School in Nova Scotia is part of the Canadian Active & Safe Routes to School Partnership, a national group working to increase the number of school-aged children who travel to school using active, sustainable and safe modes of transportation.
