Safe Routes To School Projects and Related Efforts Appendix A


					Safe Routes To School Projects and Related Efforts
					Appendix A
		Home Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One Safe Routes To School - Why? Chapter Two Safe Routes To School - What Does That Mean? Chapter Three Evaluation and Outcomes - How Do You Measure Success? Chapter Four Promising Practices - From Whom Can We Learn? Chapter Five Supporting Safe Routes To School - Where Do We Go From Here? Appendices Appendix A: Safe Routes To School Projects and Related Efforts National Safe Routes To School Efforts International Safe Routes To School Efforts Appendix B: Resources, Publications, and Organizations Appendix C: Walkability and Bikeability Checklists Appendix D: Steps to Start an Safe Routes To School Project Appendix E: National Transportation Law and Funding Photo Credits			Safe Routes To School (SR2S) Projects and Related Efforts Local Communities and Statewide (Alphabetically by State) (as of December 2002) Arizona Safest Routes to School - City of Phoenix www.ci.phoenix.az.us Brandon Forrey, Chief Engineering Technician Street Transportation Department City Hall, 200 West Washington St., 5th Floor, Traffic Operations, Phoenix, AZ 85003 brandon.forrey@phoenix.gov Tel: 602.534.2020 Fax: 602.495.0336 Has completed year-long School Safety Task Force effort which has resulted in $500,000 funding from City Council plus new positions Recommendations include Education, Engineering and Enforcement Safest Route to School Walking plans will be developed cooperatively between City staff and school officials and parents � identify safest roads for children to use when walking or biking School Crossing Safety Audit Procedure has specific items to check to determine safety of school crossings and crosswalks. Points are assigned to crossings � high points indicate need for improvements or changes Prescott Alternative Transportation www.prescottbikeped.org Sue Knaup, Executive Director Prescott Alternative Transportation, P.O. Box 2122, Prescott, AZ 86302 sue@prescottbikeped.org Tel: 928.708.0911 Program covers all "4E"s: Engineering, Education, Enforcement, Encouragement. It also includes funding The Morris grant is kick-start funding and is being used to leverage local, state, federal and foundation funding PAT is a strong advocacy organization with a mission that Safe Routes fits beautifully Use a lot of organizational resources for SR2S program As of 2/02 started preliminary stages of starting SR2S teams in three schools, with possibly two others joining soon Prescott City Council passed SR2S proclamation in 2/02 Applying for additional funds from various foundations to expand program California Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition www.bfbc.org Pam Webster, Project Director Safe Routes To School Planning Grantee P.O. Box 13357, Berkeley, CA 94712 Tel: 510.549.7433 Fax: 510.540.1057 PW: 510.848.0305 Works with individual schools to identify unsafe conditions and then contracts with Caltrans to correct dangerous conditions. Received $450K in 2000 to make SR2S to Willard Middle School and Le Conte Elementary Pilot programs in 12 Elementary schools and 3 middle schools Completed Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Task Force Report in March 2000; Results: Berkeley had highest rates of pedestrian and bicycle injuries compared to 44 other CA cities of similar size; local children age 10-17 suffer twice as many pedestrian injuries than any other age group SR2S committees organized at each school; members include school staff, parents, healthcare workers and school neighbors Six �E�s: Events; Encouragement; Engineering; Education; Enforcements; Escorts DHS SR2S Planning Grantee Safe Walks Home Program Oakland Pedestrian Safety Project www.oaklandnet.com Tom Van Demark, Coordinator 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, 3rd Floor, Office of the City Manager Oakland, CA 94612 tvandemark@oaklandnet.com Tel. 510.238.7049 Fax: 510.238.6129 Initially started as a city funded project in 1995; efforts focus on Education, Engineering, and Enforcement Held cities first WTSD in 1998 with 40 schools participating; in 2001, all 74 elementary schools in the district participated. Events supported by the City Council members and staff, School Board and District, principals, teachers, and volunteers Other activities include Safe Moves Town trainings for elementary students (and seniors); Mock Vehicle/Pedestrian Traffic-Collisions (joint project with OPSP, OFD, and drama depts. of every high school); and Pedestrian Stings with OPD Uses the Safe Communities model for organizing and outreach Council staff and community members working with seven elementary schools to upgrade signage and safety engineering and to introduce each school's SR2S Developing the �20 Year Pedestrian Master Plan� which will �institutionalize pedestrian safety� by focusing on the inclusion of pedestrian safety solutions in ongoing city street engineering OPSP received two year OTS grant; offered $220,000 in minigrants (with a nine month grant cycle) for traffic-related injury prevention projects. Three grant tiers: $0-5000, $5,000-10,000 and $10,000-30,000, with the under-$5000 tier geared towards non-501(c)3 organizations for materials only (helmets, safety seats, educational materials, etc). City of Palo Alto; Department of Planning & Community Environment www.city.palo-alto.ca.us Amanda Jones, Project Director 250 Hamilton, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Amanda_jones@cityofpaloalto.org Tel: 650.329.2568 Fax: 650.617.3108 Main problems identified are congestion around schools, lack of sidewalks and stop lights Goal is to identify how people are currently getting around and the barriers that keep people from walking Working with Cal-Trans to develop facilities that enhance walking and safety and install stop lights Implementing �Way-To-Go� program�a comprehensive program for city promote driving less (including school trip reductions) and to increase walking, car pooling Only one school in the city has completed mapping a SR2S (route goes through the local park instead of streets) Received California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) Traffic Study Grant for the �Share our Streets, As If� project (an �As If� project refers to, �as if it was your child walking, biking, etc.�) to work with law enforcement to increase citations and signage. Also, collecting crash and injury data on an on-going basis to determine whether an increase in the number of children walking combined with a decrease in driving will lead to an increase in the number of injuries. Conducts the Pedestrian Safety Program (in conjunction with Safe Moves) in schools with teachers, students, and parents DHS SR2S Planning Grantee; Area of focus for grant purposes is two elementary schools in the Ventura/So. El Camino Real neighborhood and connecting corridor. Caltrans Safe Routes To School Construction Program www.dot.ca.gov/hg/LocalPrograms/ Caltrans District Offices staff CA Grantees�Statewide Caltrans Headquarters: 1120 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 See web-site See web site for a list of funded grantees; 1st & 2nd Cycles Funded by federal transportation safety funds Began in 1999 with the passage and signing of Assembly Bill 1475 (Soto-D); effort spearheaded by James Corless at Surface Transportation Policy Project in San Francisco Two-year demonstration period; approx. $20 million worth of SR2S projects for the first cycle of the program; up to $500,000 per project with a 90 percent federal reimbursement ratio The SR2S program is a construction program. It is intended to improve and enhance the safety of pedestrian and bicycle facilities and related infrastructure On October 2, 2001, Governor Davis signed State Bill 10 (SB 10/Soto), extending the Safe Routes to School program for three more years. The program sunsets on January 1, 2005, unless a future statute deletes or extends this date Safe Routes To School Initiative Planning Grantees www.dhs.ca.gov/routes2school/ Barb Alberson 611 No. 7th Street Suite C Sacramento, CA 95814-0208 balberso@dhs.ca.gov Tel: 916.323.3486 Fax: 916.323.3682 California Dept. of Health Services (CA DHS) funded projects with $25,000 each 2/3 of grantees either have collected community data or will be collecting data starting with Walk To School Day 2001 to identify problem areas and pedestrian safety issues that need to be addressed and/or corrected. 2001-2002 Grantees: Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition California Bicycle Coalition Sacramento Child Abuse Prevention Council of Shasta County (Anderson Partnership for Healthy Children) City of Palo Alto; Dept. of Planning & Community Mid-City SR2S, Center for Healthier Communities, Hospital San Diego Town of Fairfax San Francisco Educational, Inc. Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, City of Santa Barbara Tulare County Health & Human Services Vista Community Clinic Safe Routes To School, Marin County www.saferoutestoschools.org Wendi Kallins, Project Coordinator P.O. Box 201, Forrest Knolls, CA 94933 wendi@marinbike.org Debbie Hubsmith, Director debbie@marinbike.org Tel: 415.488.4101 Fax: 415.488.0926 DH: 415.456.3469 Pilot program, started in August 2000; Marin County Bicycle Coalition received $50,000 funding from NHTSA to develop national model (promoted by Congressman Oberstar) Promotes walking/biking to school through classroom education/activities, contests/events (i.e., W/BTSDs, Frequent Rider Miles contest, walking school buses, bike trains), mapping, and community involvement Each school receives guidance, forms, newsletters and other promotional materials Formed citywide task forces to study engineering solutions for safety issues on school routes; hired Transportation Engineer. 1st year: nine pilot schools in four different geographic locations; 2nd year: 20 schools; conducted community Train-The-Trainer programs; Developed SR2S Tool-kit By end of the pilot program the schools experienced a 50 percent increase in the number of children walking and biking and a 29 percent decrease in the number of children arriving alone in a car DHS SR2S Planning Grantee contractor for Town of Fairfax Mid-City Safe Routes To School, Center for Healthier Communities, Children's Hospital San Diego www.chsd.org Cheri Fidler, Director cfidler@chsd.org 3020 Children's Way, MC 5073, San Diego, CA 92123 Anna Zacker, Program Coordinator azacker@chsd.org CF: 858.495.7748 AZ: 858.576.1700, ext. 4796 Fax: 858.966.7563 Conducted environmental assessments of areas around two schools and developed recommendations for improvements Conducting ongoing pedestrian education program (building off of WTSD) at three schools Received approval from the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee of the City Council to start a city-wide pedestrian advisory group Multidisciplinary coalition of health professionals, police, city planners/traffic engineers, Council members, schools, CBOs, parents and other community members Focus on driver behavior Integrated approach of education, environmental assessment and engineering, and enforcement DHS SR2S Planning Grantee Santa Ana Pedestrian Safety Project www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us Kelly Broberg Orange County Health Care Agency; Chronic Disease & Injury Prevention 12 Civic Center Plaza Suite 127 Santa Ana, CA 92701 kbroberg@hca.co.orange.ca.us Tel: 714.834.3059 Fax: 714.834.3492 Two-year project coordinated by UC Irvine's Center for Health Policy and Research in conjunction with the Orange County Health Care Agency Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Program. Funded by California Office of Traffic Safety from 1998-2001 to mobilize community action to reduce pedestrian injuries and deaths in the city of Santa Ana 2002 project ended and the task force was transitioned over to the City of Santa Ana's Department of Public Works (DPW). The DPW will continue to work with schools on SR2S and will be responsible for coordinating and promoting Walk Day Pedestrian safety has been improved by engineering measures (slight decrease in the number of injuries for children 0-15 years old and no fatalities since the program began in 1998) Promotes walking and safety through a Family Literacy Program that includes books focused on walking to school Representatives from law enforcement, schools, traffic engineering, and community development, locally elected officials, Santa Ana community-based organizations, and concerned Santa Ana residents are combining efforts to improve pedestrian safety through a city-wide Task Force Developed a comprehensive multi-lingual educational toolkit and community outreach program to reduce Santa Ana's high number of pedestrian motor-vehicle crashes Safe Moves www.safemoves.org Pat Hines 15500 Erwin Street Suite 1121 Van Nuys, CA 91411 info@safemoves.org Tel: 818.908.5341 Fax: 818.908.5337 PH: 818.762.5535 SAFE MOVES is a non-profit organization, dedicated to saving lives through education. SAFE MOVES provides programs throughout the United States Educates children, parents and the community on pedestrian, bicycle, motor vehicle, train, bus and recreational safety Conducts student and parent workshops, traffic simulation rodeos, community outreach campaigns, data collection and evaluation Provides information on the California Bicycle Helmet Law, how to choose the right helmet, and bicycle safety Programs are designed to be interactive, fun and effective SAFE MOVES was selected as the winner of the 1996 United States Secretary of Transportation Award for Child Transportation Safety and the 1996 California Office of Traffic Safety Award Colorado Bicycle & Pedestrian Traffic Safety Education: Home to School Safe Travel for Children www.dot.state.co.us Gay Page, Program Manager, Education Director, & Instructor, CO Department of Transportation 4201 E. Arkansas Ave Room 212 Denver, CO 80222 Gay.Page@dot.state.co.us Tel: 303.757.9982 Fax: 303.757.9727 CDOT Bicycle/Pedestrian program offers a two day traffic safety education course that provides trainers with tools and skills necessary to teach children how to become predictable, competent and confident in traffic by focusing on developing their decision making skills The course features classroom training, hands-on field work, problem solving exercises, peer training, role playing, lectures, videos, and demonstrations Upon completion of the training, each participant (trainer) will be able to create a traffic safety program that best suits their needs Each trainer receives a training binder and curriculum materials The traffic safety education curriculum is designed for grades K � 5 The goal of the program is to place one copy of the curriculum in every elementary school in Colorado and to provide the instructor training for successful implementation Florida Safe Ways To School http://www11.myflorida.com/Safety/Ped_Bike/Ped_Bike.htm Linda Crider, Project Director University of Florida P.O. Box 115706 Gainesville, FL 32611-5706 LBCrider@aol.com Dwight Kingsbury, FL Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinator Florida Department of Transportation Safety Office 605 Suwannee Street Tallahassee, FL 32399 dwight.kingsbury@dot.state.fl.us Tel: 352.392.8192 DK: 850.487.1200 Fax: 850.922.2935 Safe Ways to School operated out of the University of Florida since 1997 Florida Dept. of Transportation, Traffic and Bicycle Safety Education Program is the funder Home-to-School study in 1992 found one out of six children walking to school in FL Have not done another survey; feeling is there is majority opinion in FL against kids walking to school Each participating school has a School Traffic Safety Team; attends to Education, Engineering, Encouragement Have produced tool kits for school and distributed 100. Do not know how they have been used Have a training program for schools to train & certify crossing guards (the only one we know of in the country) Georgia Kids Walk www.peds.org Sally Flocks, President & CEO Michael Orta, Director of Community Education PEDS 100 Edgewood Ave Suite 540 Atlanta, GA 30303 info@peds.org education@peds.org Tel: 404.873.5513 Fax: 404.873.5667 Project sponsored by PEDS advocacy group (Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety, Inc) Kids Walk project began in 1999 when CDC wanted to pilot test Kids Walk-to-School booklet Operates with 10-12 schools in central Atlanta; unable to work much with suburban counties Provides pedestrian safety training to children, teachers, parents, and volunteers Organizes �walking school buses� Evaluates walking conditions and empowers communities to advocate successfully for SR2S Has created a toolkit for school �champions� Anecdotal information about program popularity and success: air quality, parent attitudes, driver behavior, increased walking. No hard data yet Have grant money from CMAQ. Had money from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, in collaboration with CDC, but project had inflexible research constraints Illinois Safe Passage/The Walking School Bus http://www.cityofchicago.org/cp/AboutCAPS/HowCAPSWorks/ Walking Schoolbus.html Vance Henry, Director Kathie Carothers, School Safety Director Chicago Police Department, Chicago School District CAPS Implementation Office DePaul Center, 333 South State St. Room 500 Chicago, IL 60604 Tel: 312.747.9987 Fax: 312.747.1137 City of Chicago Police Department and School District Began in 1997 with a few elementary schools (K-8) in State Street Corridor Uniformed and tactical officers, parent patrols, church volunteers, and local residents patrol area schools Mapping projects and safety education with individual schools Walking School Buses organized mostly in housing projects; Parent Attendance Officers go door-to-door to get children to school and to arrive on time Project is considered a success because safety education has been institutionalized in individual schools Safe Routes to School Chicagoland Bicycle Federation www.biketraffic.org Heather Convey Research Coordinator/Education Assistant 650 S. Clark St. #300, Chicago, IL 60605 heather@biketraffic.org Tel: 312.427.3325 Fax: 312.427.4907 Primary focus of program is to increase the number of children who ride their bikes to school, thereby increasing the health and safety of all residents by reducing traffic and encouraging everyone to become more active Program began in 2001. Target of four schools in 2001-2002 school year Budget: $135,000 Four phases to program; 3Es approach For detailed info see 2002 STPP SR2S Inventory http://www.transact.org/Reports/sr2002/programs/il1.htm Walkers Win www.cnt.org Artemio Perez Center for Neighborhood Technology 2125 W North Ave. Chicago, IL 60647 artemio@cnt.org Tel: 773.278.4800 Fax: 773.278.3840 Walkers Win! is a pedestrian advocacy campaign that promotes health and social cohesion by improving the pedestrian atmosphere around schools on the northwest side of Chicago Part of the program is to assist schools develop their SR2S initiatives, with limited resources Schools are located in dense, low income, minority communities Working with the Chicago Area Transportation Study to develop a workshop that will directly address the issue of access to schools and bring together representatives of the health, transportation, engineering, education, advocacy and policy communities Transportation summits information is at www.cnt.org/2030 Massachusetts Walking in Arlington http://walking_in_arlington.tripod.com/safe.htmm 107 George St. Arlington, MA 02476 refdesk@world.std.com Public Advocacy group, working on SR2S with Walk Boston Two elementary and one middle school intensively working on Walk to School Increased walking rate in 2000 � 2001 from approximately 40 percent to up to 90 percent Safe Routes To School Walk Boston www.walkboston.org Dorothea Hass, Program Manager Steve Golden, National Park Service 94 Perry Street Brookline, MA 02446 dhass@shore.net Tel: 617.232.0104 Fax: 617.451.6475 Oberstar NHTSA grant for one year (2000-2001) Funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, NHTSA, Mass Highway Dept, and National Park Service Rivers and Trails Program Program includes WTS Day, Safety training for kids, classroom materials and working with Town councils on ways to make routes to school safer Would like to expand from Arlington schools into two Boston schools in 2001-02 Not much data collected on overall effectiveness Maine Kids and Transportation Program www.gpcog.org/trnsprttn/k_&_t/k_&_t.htm Erik Hermann, Program Coordinator 233 Oxford St. Portland, ME 04101 ehermann@gpcog.eddmaine.org Tel: 207.774.9891 Greater Portland Council of Governments, began in 1994, funded by Maine DOT Aim is to teach kids about transportation alternatives to autos, with hope for net decrease in auto-related congestion and air pollution in the future Original concept came from regional planning staff Educational materials, including map to guide kids in getting around Teacher courses and school presentations Evaluation is in number of contacts/presentations Maryland Child Pedestrian Injury Project www.jhsph.edu Susan DeFrancesco, JD, MPH, Project Coordinator Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, School of Public Health 624 N. Broadway Baltimore, MD 21205-1996 sdefranc@jhsph.edu Tel: 410.502.8671 Fax: 410.614.2797 Research project begun in 2000, working in four Baltimore city school neighborhoods Collected data on pedestrian areas, conducted safety audit and counted pedestrians Has information on state pilot study on SR2S in planning stages (for additional info on state project visit http://www.transact.org/Reports/sr2002/programs/il1.htm Minnesota Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance www.bikeped.org Paul Charmosta, Executive Director 210 E. 10th St. St. Paul, MN 55101 mnbpa@aol.com Tel: 651.290.0405 Represents the interests of bicyclists and pedestrians on a variety of issues, infrastructure, facilities and programs related to alternative transportation Currently in partnership with the Capital City Traffic Calming Alliance, Transit for Livable Communities to coordinate a demonstration project in St. Paul designed to reduce car usage and encourage walking, biking, carpools, and transit use Building on the Neighborhood Pace Car Program and SR2S models (started 02/02; 12 month timeline) Missouri Safe Routes to School Task Force Bureau of Chronic Disease Control www.dhss.state.mo.us Department of Health and Senior Services Diana Hawkins, M.Ed., C.H.E.S. Manager, Cardiovascular Health Program 920 Wildwood P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102 hawkid@dhss.state.mo.us Tel: 573.522.2896 Fax: 573.522.2898 DH: 573.522.2860 Board meeting held in July 2002 resulted in quite a few members signing up for the newly established Safe Routes to School Task Force Hope to bring those folks together in the next few weeks to brainstorm regarding goals, objectives, strategies and additional partners More information to follow New Mexico Pedestrian Safety Program www.dgr.unm.edu/tsb/tsbprograms/pedsafe.html Transportation Programs Division Isabel Lopez-Encinias New Mexico Highway and Transportation Department P.O. Box 1149 604 W. San Mateo Santa Fe, NM 87504-1149 Isabel.Lopez-Encinias@nmshtd.stat.nm.us Tel: 505.827.0427 Funded by the New Mexico Traffic Safety Bureau New Mexico has the highest pedestrian fatality rate in the country (6.6 per 100,000), nearly twice the national rate. (In 1994, pedestrian deaths accounted for 16% of all motor vehicle-related deaths in the state. The pedestrian death rate in rural areas and among American Indians is extraordinarily high.) Initiative to promote pedestrian safety throughout the state seeks to focus attention on the extent and source of the problem, to identify possible interventions, to rally community support, and to marshal resources to effect change Initiative is based on strengthening viable coalitions and alliances among public and private sector organizations at the local, state and federal levels TSB has embraced a broad spectrum approach involving: education/behavior modification, motor vehicle modification, and environ-mental/engineering changes New York Safe Routes to School: The Bronx www.saferoutestoschool.org Transportation Alternatives John Kaehny, Executive Director 115 W. 30th St., Suite 1207 New York, NY 10001 exec@transalt.org Tel: 212.629.8080 Fax: 212.629.8334 Urbitran Associates Ellen Cavanaugh, Campaign Coordinator 71 West 23rd Street 11th Floor New York, NY 10010 ecavanagu@urbitran.com Tel: 212.366.6200 Fax: 212.366.6214 Traffic calming and pedestrian safety engineering program Project began in 1997,with support from the office of the Bronx Borough President and the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee Collected surveys on traffic hazards; worked with NYC DOT to change signage, signal timing Has completed traffic calming plans for 38 schools; partial installations at all NYC DOT will take over program in October 2001 and expand citywide, via RBA Group and Urbitran consultants ($2.5 million contract) Oregon Portland Kids On The Move www.trans.ci.portland.or.us Shannon Parker, Education Contact Office of Transportation 1120 SW Fifth Room 800 Portland, OR 97204 Shannon.Parker@pdxtrans.org Tel: 503.823.5391 Bureau of Transportation System Management, Traffic Calming Program, Portland Office of Transportation. Funds were allocated in 1994 to begin an Elementary School Safety program Educational materials and events for schools; engineering approaches including signs, beacons; and enforcement against speeding Identifies most common problems as high traffic volume and excessive speed Reports from schools indicate that after engineering changes were made, speeds decreased in the targeted area Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Walk To School Trails Program www.RailTrails.org/PA/Active_Pages/Programs/main.asp Tom Sexton, Director 105 Locust Street Harrisburg, PA 17101 tsexton@transact.org Tel: 717.238.1717 Fax: 717.238.7566 Government Agency supported; Rails-To-Trails Conservancy's Pennsylvania Field Office Rails-to-Trails Conservancy -PA (and NPS) are meeting with the PA. Dept. of Health to talk about developing a SRTS program. Rails-To-Trails Conservancy inventoried all elementary schools near trails (a few blocks away) as a first step. Assessed what's out there: 100 open trails in PA, about 20 identified within two blocks of school Looking to partner with four to five local health organizations to plan program to increase rail trail use in walking and biking to school. Will follow Centers for Disease Control's program guide on KidsWalk to School Safe Routes To School www.ceo.indiana.pa.us Leann C. Cheney, Senior Land Use Planner lchaney@ceo.co.indiana.pa.us Jerry Richardson, Deputy Director jrichard@ceo.co.indiana.pa.us Indiana County Office of Planning & Development 801 Water Street Indiana, PA 15701 Tel: 724.465.3870 Fax: 724.465.3150 Pilot program� Started this August 2001 In early stages of �getting it off the ground�� initial stages of program implementation Funded by the County Office of Planning & Development, in cooperation with Livable Indiana Neighborhood Connections (LINC) a grassroots organization Focus is on three area schools (an elementary, middle, and high school) with plans to create a pedestrian convergence zone to increase walking and bicycling, improve safety, and implement changes to the physical infrastructure within the SR2S zone Texas Safe Routes To School TX Bicycle Coalition www.biketexas.org www.saferoutestexas.org Robin Stallings, Executive Director mail@biketexas.org Laura King, Program Director laura@biketexas.org P.O. Box 1121 Austin, TX 78767 Tel: 512.476.RIDE TX Bicycle Coalition Gets $3 Million For �Safe Routes' According to the March 2nd Bike League News, �Texas Bicycle Coalition (TBC) supporters were stunned by the recent announcement that the Texas Department of Transportation will allocate $3 million to develop the TBC-sponsored Safe Routes to Schools program The announcement was made by State Rep. Roberto Gutierrez (D-McAllen), who sponsored the Matthew Brown Act that included the creation of Safe Routes to School Gutierrez said he had been assured by both Gov. Rick Perry and TxDOT Executive Director Michael W. Behrens that TxDOT intends to come up with the funds to get the program started WALK Austin www.io.com/~snm/walk/index.html Steve Rogers or Marilyn Rogers P.O. Box 773 Austin, TX 78713 snm@io.com Tel: 512.451.9335 Advocacy group WALK Austin was founded in 1993 to organize citizen support for increased use and safety of pedestrian facilities Virginia Arlington Co. Safe Routes to School www.co.arlington.va.us Arlington Co Public Affairs Division 2100 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 310 Arlington, VA 22201 Tel: 703.228.3969 Arlington Co. Public Schools & County Government funded Each parent receives a walking route map and a bus route map when they enroll their child in an Arlington Public School Families are encouraged to review the map and to chart a safe course to and from school, and to have a discussion of safety issues such as looking both ways, staying on well-lit pathways and �what to do� when encountering dangers Wisconsin Teaching Safe Bicycling Program Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation www.dot.state.wi.us JoAnne PruittThunder, Safety Program Manager Wisconsin DOT Division of Transportation Investment Management joanne.pruittthunder@dot.state.wi.us Peter Flucke, WEBIKE, President webike@aol.com 4802 Sheboygan Avenue Room 951 P.O. Box 7913 Madison, WI 53707 Tel: 608.267.3154 Fax: 608.267.0441 PF: 920.497.3196 According to a recent WisDOT statewide survey, nearly 12 percent of all trips were being completed by bicycling and walking WisDOT has recently approved a state bicycle plan and is currently working on a state pedestrian plan. All 14 metropolitan areas in Wisconsin have their own bicycle and pedestrian plans The 12th Annual Teaching Safe Bicycling (TSB) Workshops are coming up in April. These workshops provide community instructors information about child bicycling safety WisDOT's Bureau of Planning has been working on the creation of long-range plans to address the needs of bicyclists and pedestrians WisDOT has produced a Statewide Pedestrian Policy Plan; a 20 year plan that will consider pedestrian needs and concerns and provide recommendations to address them. WisDOT devotes two staff positions to bicycle and pedestrian planning and safety
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