The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) and Visit Carson City are inviting Nevada students to take part in an art contest focused on walk and bicycle safety, with the winning submission to be featured on a mural in Carson City.
Students in kindergarten through 12th grade can submit original, hand-drawn artwork that promotes awareness of road safety for those walking, biking, skating, skateboarding or using wheelchairs.
Additional credit will be given for highlighting the health and safety benefits of active transportation.
Prizes will be awarded to winners in four different age groups.
The grand prize artwork will be painted on a Carson City mural during the Carson City Mural and Music Festival in September.
Students who place second through fourth will also receive a prize.
All submissions must be created by hand using mediums such as watercolor, colored pencil, acrylic oil paint, marker, pen or crayon, on an 11x17 or similar-sized piece of paper.
Entries should feature traffic safety elements, such as helmets in bicycle-related art.
To enter, students must submit their artwork along with an official entry form by Sept. 1, to Kristen Marshall, NDOT Active Transportation, 1263 South Stewart Street, Room 319, Carson City, NV 89712, or by email to Kristen.marshall@dot.nv.gov.
The goal of the contest is to encourage children and all Nevadans to safely share the road.
This contest is part of Nevada’s Safe Routes to School program, which provides training, infrastructure and support to help elementary students walk and bicycle safely to school.
Safe walking and biking can reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality and benefit public health.
More information on pedestrian and bicycle safety can be found at BicycleNevada.com.
NDOT - Road safety tips:
Drivers are reminded to watch for children walking and biking, and to slow down in school zones. Children can be unpredictable in their movements and may not always be aware of traffic.
Motorists are urged to treat all children as if they were their own and must stop for school buses when students are getting on or off.
Pedestrians and bicyclists should stay alert, always cross streets legally and safely, and watch for cars both before and during crossing.
