Safe Routes to School Action Plan Exercise
Information, Goals, Objectives, Actions
Instructions
- Analyze fictitious information provided for Sample School Elementary
- Develop Program Objectives for SampleSchool Elementary
- Create a 12-month Action Calendar for Sample School Elementary
SampleSchool Elementary SRTS Information
- Student Travel Tallies show that 8% of students are walking and biking to school
- Parent Surveys indicate interest in students walking together in organized groups
- Observations show that pedestrians have to walk through the busy school parking lot to enter the school (no sidewalks on campus)
- Traffic Counts show a high volume of parent drop-off and pick-up traffic in the morning and in the afternoon
- Traffic Speed studies reveal speeds of 35 MPH in the 25 MPH school zone
- Crossing guards state they see a high level of unsafe bicycle and pedestrian behavior among students
- Observationsshow several areas that have safe routes but low volumes of walkers and bikers using these routes to school
SampleSchool Program Goals
- To enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school
- To make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative
SampleSchool Program Objectives
COLUMN A - EXAMPLES / COLUMN B - WORKSHEET
Objective 1 / Objective 2
General
Increase the percentage of children walking and bicycling to school. / General
Measurable
Increase the percentage of children walking and bicycling to school from 8% to 16% by the end of the school year. / Measurable
SRTS Strategy A / SRTS Strategy A
Implement a Walking Wednesday Program.
Process Objective 1
Distribute 100 fliers announcing the Walking Wednesday program during the first two weeks of the activity. / Process Objective 1
Process Objective 2
Create walking route maps indicating location of sidewalks, crosswalks, crossing guards, stop signs and traffic lights within ½ mile of the school. / Process Objective 2
SRTS Strategy B / SRTS Strategy B
Promote Safe Routes to School to parents.
Process Objective 1
Present information on the SRTS program at two PTA meeting.s / Process Objective 1
Process Objective 2
Place two articles on the SRTS program in the school newsletter. / Process Objective 2
12-Month Action Calendar
Month
/Action
SeptemberOctober
November
December
January
February
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/Action
MarchApril
May
June
July
August