Your Guide to Creating SRTS Programs
May 5, 2011 Leave a comment
Developing and Using Safe Routes to Schools Plans Webinar May 9
Join the meeting to gain a better understanding of the process for creating Safe Routes to Schools plans and programs. The overview will include:
- Issues related to gathering data, selecting routes, identifying safety issues and their remedies, as well as developing 5E programs with engineering, education, encouragement, enforcement, and evaluation.
- Selecting a SRTS committee to guide the planning process, as well as appropriate members, to create an effective program.
- Ways to utilize SRTS plans at the district, city or county level in order to prioritize high-risk schools for projects. Read more of this post
Thanks to the advocacy of San Clemente Councilman Bob Baker, the local PTA, and Mission Hospital, San Clemente City funds have been allocated to pay for the crossing guard in front of Marblehead Elementary beginning Monday, May 2nd. If sufficient utilization of the crosswalk is evident after the trial month (concluding at the end of the school year) and is a result of the guard’s presence, the City will consider providing funding for the 2011-2012 school year.
Applications can be for funding programs for reducing injuries and fatalities through capital (engineering) projects that improve safety for children in grades K-8 who walk or bicycle to school and through non-infrastructure projects that incorporate education, encouragement, and enforcement activities to increase the numbers of children walking and bicycling to school. Evaluation is a key component of the program and is required for both infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. The deadline for applications is Thursday July 15, 2011.
There are only three days left to register for the 
