Lawrence Safe Routes to School. Community Meeting January 14, 2015

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1 Lawrence Safe Routes to School Community Meeting January 14, 2015

2 Safe Routes to School The 6 E s Education Encouragement Enforcement Engineering Evaluation Equity

3 What are the elements of a SRTS plan? Individual School Building Plan District Plan (for public schools) Community Plan

4 Evaluation

5 How do students get to school? Safe Routes to School: Student Travel Tally Report Morning Travel Mode: Fall % 11.7% 2.5% 11.5% Walk Bike School Bus Family Vehicle Carpool Transit (Less than 1%) Other (Less than 1%) 68.3%

6 School Name Broken Arrow Elementary School 1673 Total Surveys 4 Arabic 7 Chinese 21 Spanish Total Surveys 76 Deerfield Elementary School 108 Hillcrest Elementary School 118 Kennedy Elementary School 89 Langston Hughes Elementary School Liberty Memorial Central Middle School New York Elementary School 100 Pinckney Elementary School 49 Prairie Park Elementary School open-ended comments including 1 in Arabic and 5 in Spanish Total Fall Parent Surveys School Name Total Surveys Quail Run Elementary School 56 Raintree Montessori 53 Schwegler Elementary School 121 South Middle School 65 Southwest Middle School* 1 Sunflower Elementary School 221 Sunset Hill Elementary School 32 West Middle School 125 Woodlawn Elementary School 128

7 Lawrence students want to walk and bike to school! 80% 70% 68.2% 66.3% 60% 59.1% 50% 46.1% % Responses 40% 30% 32.5% 20% 10% 0% < 1/4 mile 1/4 to 1/2 mile 1/2 to 1 mile 1 to 2 miles > 2 miles

8 Parent concerns

9 Do parents think their school encourages walking and biking? Schools Level of Encouragement % Strongly Encourages % Encourages % Neither % Strongly Discourage % Discourage 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

10 How healthy and fun are walking and biking to school? Child's Level of Fun Walking/Biking to/from School 21.7% 2.4% 2.4% Very Boring Boring 36.2% Neutral Fun Very Fun 37.3% How Healthy is Walking/Biking to/from School for Your Child 0.9% 0.2% 9.9% 53.3% 35.7% Very Unhealthy Unhealthy Neutral Healthy Very Healthy

11 Grade Child Would Be Allowed to Walk/Bike Without an Adult-Cumulative 32% K through 12 Unkown 3% 65% Not Comfortable at any Age 70% 60% 50% Grade Child Would Be Allowed to Walk/Bike Without an Adult-Cumulative 43% 54% 59% 62% 64% 65% 65% 65% 40% 30% 20% 18% 31% 10% 0% 1% 2% 6% K

12 Equity The Lawrence SRTS program will work to ensure that every student, no matter their background or situation, has the opportunity to safely walk and bike to school and benefit from the Safe Routes to School activities.

13 Education Education activities include: Teaching pedestrian, bicycle, and traffic safety Creating awareness of lifelong healthy routines This matches 3 of the health standards at K-4 and 3 of health standards at 5-8. Education doesn t just happen in the classroom. It continues with parents, neighbors, and all drivers near the school.

14 Encouragement Encouragement strategies are about having fun. They generate excitement and interest in walking and bicycling. This can be paired with our PBIS goals for students. Encouragement and education activities closely work together. Special Events: Marathon clubs Bike rodeos Walking school buses Offer teachable moments to reinforce safe walking and bicycling behaviors and safety

15 Enforcement Enforcement is a network of community members working together to promote safe walking, bicycling and driving. This can be accomplished through safety awareness, education and, where necessary, the use of ticketing for dangerous behaviors. Enforcement includes students, parents, adult school crossing guards, school personnel and neighborhood watch programs all working in conjunction with law enforcement. Working together to enforce rules for safe walking, bicycling and driving makes it safer and easier for everyone to walk and bicycle.

16 Engineering Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons Reduced Speed Zones Sidewalk & Curb Lighting & Pavement Marking

17 Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons Cost - $50, Locations in Lawrence All on two lane streets

18 Reduced Speed Zones May be provided for a marked crosswalk that does not have a stop sign, traffic signal or crossing guard 40 students with more than 1.5 safe gaps per minute 10 students with 1 to 1.5 safe gaps per minute

19 Sidewalk & Curb Ramps Sidewalk $20 a linear foot Curb ramp $1000 each Fix existing sidewalk 6.1 million Add one side to all residential streets $7.5 million

20 Lighting & Pavement Marking Crosswalk Pavement Marking $800 each Sharrow and Bike Lane Symbol $400 Pedestrian lighting $5000 each 50 to 80 foot spacing

21 Team Activity Mark up maps Highlight to add a street to your routes Cross out to erase a street from your route List specific proposed improvement projects (crosswalk, sidewalk, signage, speed limit, lighting)

22 Announcements Mini-grant funding opportunity for Bike/Walk to School Days Bike/Ped Town Hall League of American Bicyclists League Certified Instructor Workshop

23 What s Next for school teams