Strategic Plan & Measuring Progress

Overview

Every five years, CDOT develops a strategic plan for the state’s SRTS program. This is used to guide the program and measure progress against statewide goals.

Strategic Plan

Cover of the Colorado Safe Routes to School Strategic Plan featuring a line of young students wearing bicycle helmets with their arms around each other's shoulders on a school blacktop. Text on the cover reads "Colorado Safe Routes to School Strategic Plan" and "Five-Year Strategic Plan Update March 2024" alongside the Colorado Department of Transportation and Colorado Safe Routes to School logos.Colorado developed a Five-Year Strategic Plan in 2024 to articulate how Colorado Safe Routes to School will expand beyond the core program elements and achieve the following goals:

  1. Continue to grow the capacity of all Colorado communities related to Safe Routes to School.
  2. Advance the Safe Routes Program to meet the diverse needs and varying capacities of Colorado communities.
  3. Expand collaboratives partnerships to advance the SRTS program

Measuring Progress

Looking back at the work conducted helps to answer the question of whether we achieved what we set out to achieve. Therefore, as part of the strategic planning process, we also undertook an evaluation of program performance. This can be found in the Strategic Plan Appendix, along with an analysis of current conditions and a summary of stakeholder engagement and input.

In addition, to help assess Colorado's progress in supporting Safe Routes to School, we partnered with the national Safe Routes Partnership to conduct a review of Colorado's programs, policies, funding and practices related to Safe Routes to School. Findings were released in the 2025 Census Report.