The Massachusetts Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program promotes healthy alternatives for children and parents in their travel to and from school. It educates students, parents and community members on the value of walking and bicycling for travel to and from school. Over 30 students from the Tansey Elementary School celebrated the Massachusetts Walk and Bike To School Day  on May 2, 2012, by riding their bikes to school. "Thanks to perfect coordination among Tansey School administrators and teachers, the Fall River Police Department, School Wellness coordinator Marcia  Picard and Mass in Motion, the event went very smoothly," commented Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly who helped to organize the events. Students at the Tansey School were also among 5,000 students who walked to school on that same day. Click here to see a video of the event. Click here for the Herald News story. For more information about the program, contact Fall River Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly, at 508-324-2405.
 

(Top row, left) Fourth-grader Nelson Cruz adjusts his helmet strap as his mother and Ada DeLeon look on. (Top row, center) Fall River Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly smiles at the terrific turnout for the early morning event. (Top row, right) First-grader Kayden Cabral looks over third-grader Alexandra Bouchard's bicycle as they get ready to join the other children on the first-ever bicycle ride. (Middle row) Members of the Fall River Bicycle Committee and many parents join their children on the ride from the top of North Park to the School about a half-mile away. (Bottom row, right) Matthew Silvia, Jack Mattos, Abby Schnurb and Hunter Tavares celebrated their first-ever bike ride to their school.

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