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Safe Routes to SchoolSan Carlos
Daina Lujan, Coordinator Safe Routes to School, San Mateo County Office of EducationMindy Hill, Wellness Coordinator, San Carlos School District
What is Safe Routes to School (SR2S)?
San Mateo County Safe Routes to School Program Goal:
Encourage and enable school children to walk, bicycle, carpool, and utilize transit as a means of getting to school
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Safe Routes Program Structure
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San Mateo Program Structure
Grant Program
January-March: Formal Application
March-April: Project Selection Process
May-June:Memorandum of
Understanding
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Project Types
501c Nonprofit Organizations that serve children of San Mateo County request funding for:
•Small Capital Infrastructure Projects
•Walk Audits
•Non-Infrastructure Projects
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Why SR2S?
Why Safe Routes to School?
Traffic Mitigation SafetyAir Quality
Health
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How Safe Routes to School Helps
Education
Encouragement
Engineering
Enforcement
Evaluation
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Education
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Encouragement
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Engineering
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Enforcement
Evaluation
Family Car Walk Bike Transit Carpool School Bus
Fall 2012 0.61 0.24 0.04 0.02 0.06 0.03
Spring 2013 0.524 0.26 0.053 0.03 0.072 0.061
5%
15%
25%
35%
45%
55%
65%
Mode Split TO School
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Commitment
2012/2013 2013/20140
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Policy
Board of Supervisor Proclama-tionSchool District ResoultionsCity ResoultionsSchool District Board Policies
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Collaboration
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San Carlos School District
Mindy Hill, Wellness Coordinator, San Carlos School District
SCSD Schools = ~3,000 Students
• Arundel (K-4)• Brittan Acres (Pre-K – 4)• Central Middle School• Heather (Pre-K – 4)• San Carlos Charter Learning Center K-8*• Tierra Linda Middle School (Pre-K – 8)• White Oaks (K-4)
Current Approach• Reduce the # of trips by car (Currently 2,346/week)
• Address unsafe intersections, crossing guards, traffic and stranger danger
• Target ½-1-milers with Walk-To-School Programs (see below)
• Boost encouragement by schools for walking, biking and carpooling– Walking school bus– Remote drop off locations– Safe Routes to School classroom/school lessons
• Parents more likely to be influenced by bike rodeos• Students more likely to be influenced by safe routes lessons and walking school busses
• Improve coordination of carpooling– Route maps
• Stagger pick up and drop off times
Multi-Faceted Support
• SMCOE Safe Routes Grants– Currently SCSD awarded $23,500 for 6 campuses
• Build 2 new schools with safer access • Coordinate with the 4-Corners Workgroup• Partner with City of San Carlos to address
priority projects and intersections• Communicate with Parents through PTA
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Questions
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Daina Lujan, SMCOEMindy Hill, SCSD
Matthew Lee, City of San Carlos