Transit groups worry funding could end for the region’s Safe Routes to School programming, which helps students walk and bike to and from schools safely.

Federal money passes through the Virginia Department of Transportation to school districts such as Fairfax County Public Schools that apply for the funding. But the district didn’t apply for funding for the upcoming school year, as it has for nearly a decade, according to the district.

The nationwide program originated from a transportation bill, the SAFE Transportation Equity Act, that Congress passed in 2005. It also includes Safe Routes to School grants that can help with sidewalk and crosswalk projects to increase safety features, but that funding is on different cycles and wasn’t the money raising concerns locally.

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