Engineering
Creating operational and physical improvement to the infrastructure surrounding schools that reduce vehicle speeds, reduce potintial conflicts between motor vehicles and students who walk/bike to school, establish safer and fully accessible crossings, walkways, trails, and bikeways, and are fully accessible to all users.
Education
Teaching children and parents about wise transportation and safety choices with instruction focused on creating lifelong bicycling and walking safety skills.
Enforcement
Partnering with local law enforcement agencies to ensure that traffic laws are obeyed in the vicinity of schools - including speed limits, yielding to pedestrians in crosswwalks, and proper bicycling and walking behaviors. Community enforcement efforts might include crossing guard training programs.
Encouragement
Using events, activites, and educational giveaways to promote bicycling and walking.
Evaluation
Monitoring and documenting outcomes and trends by collecting data before and after the SRTS project has begun.
APPLICANTS: Your program or project needs to address the 5Es regardless of whether or not you are applying for funding to implement a specific E. The more Es you address, the higher the score you will receive.
