The Bicyclist Safety Act has been signed by the governor, and will take effect July 1.

Virginia’s Safe Routes to School Program Gets National Exposure

The National Center for Safe Routes to School highlighted the Virginia Safe Routes to School’s novel approach to expanding the program throughout the state. Safe Routes to School is a national program that encourages and enables school-age children to walk or bicycle to and from school safely, and the program is typically housed in state departments of transportation. This past summer Virginia Department of Transportation’s SRTS Coordinator, Rob Williams, partnered with the Virginia Department of Education to change things up in the Commonwealth. Read more.

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