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| Example 1 |
- Construct a sidewalk from a local elementary school to an adjacent mobile home park
- Install bike racks
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- Create a walking school bus initiative
- Educate students on the importance of safety and living a healthy lifestyle
- Encourage students to walk and bicycle to and from school
- Purchase and distribute educational materials
Partners: Regional health department
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| Example 2 |
- Fill in gaps in the city's existing sidewalk grid surrounding a middle school and three elementary schools
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- Train and educate students about the health benefits and safety considerations of walking and biking to and from school
- Train individuals to establish a local Safe Routes to School program
- Create a walking school bus program
- Conduct direct traffic enforcement at and near the schools
Partners: City police department
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| Example 3 |
- Install the following:
- Crosswalk at the intersection of a collector street and a U.S. highway
- Sidewalk along a major collector street and other sidewalk renovations
- Crosswalk striping
- Traffic signs
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- Administer educational programs
- Provide safety crossing-guards and SRTS training
Partners: Family Resource Center of a local elementary school, school district resource officer, and the city police department
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| Example 4 |
- Install the following:
- New pedestrian crossing lights and crosswalks
- Sidewalk extension
- New school zone signs
- Bicycle storage
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- Implement bicycle safety education presentations
- Establish walking school buses
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| Example 5 |
- Plan, design, and construct a half-mile multi-use path connecting a local middle school to trails and greenways and to nearby housing
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- Develop a student walker/bicyclist identification system
- Train volunteers to assist with walker/bicyclist education and activities
- Offer special safety days to encourage and educate students
- Provide classroom instruction and public awareness campaigns
Partners: district health department, city citizen information & assistance department, city public works department, city-county planning commission, and the city-county greenways commission
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| Example 6 |
- Install the following:
- Continuous sidewalks along a collector street
- Install a crossing signal at the mid-block crosswalk in front of the school
- Install driver speed feedback display signs
- Bike lane striping and signage on 41st Street
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- Increase speed enforcement
- Form a Walk/Bike School steering committee
- Provide safety and physical activity education and encouragement programs
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| Example 7 |
- Install the following:
- Sidewalks along a street adjacent to the school
- A crossing of a railroad mainline
- A walking/biking trail
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- School district develops a Walk Route Plan
- Bicycle officer patrols the designated route before and after school
- Parents and the community engage in a safety education program that includes a railroad safety curriculum
Partners: City government
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| Example 8 |
- Install low cost traffic safety improvements on urban roads near the school
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- School site evaluation element designed by recognized leaders in safety research and involving students in measurement and assessment
- Walking School Bus program coordinated by a part time staff person
- Education program led by parents and teachers
- Encouragement efforts coordinated with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Partners: Parents, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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| Example 9 |
- Construct a multi-use path connecting four schools and a new housing development to the schools, library and swimming pool
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- Conduct bicycle saafety education
- Increase traffic speed enforcement
Partners: Local law enforcement
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| Example 10 |
- Upgrade bicycle/pedestrian signage along the route
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- Encourage an active, safe and healthy alternative to driving neighborhood children to school through an innovative education and enforcement program
- Organize Walk to School events, activities, and safety outreach
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| Example 11 |
- Construct a multi-use path
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- Establish a committee of parents and educators to host a series of safety and physical activity education and promotional activities
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| Example 12 |
- Install traffic safety imrpovements including pathways
- Install a crossing on a major arterial street
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- Add police enforcement
- Initiate a pedestrian safety education campaign
- Develop and distribute maps of the pathway system
Partners: School district and city government
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| Example 13 |
- Construct a bicycle and pedestrian overpass
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- Conduct a railway safety education program
- Conduct a general pedestrian safety program
Partners: Local law enforcement
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| Example 14 |
- Connect sidewalks along the main walking and biking route
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- Improve speed enforcement by local police
- Implement a school-wide safety education curriculum
Partners: Local Safe Kids Coalition
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| Example 15 |
- Install the following:
- Sidewalks along key walk routes
- Traffic calming measures (speed humps, etc.)
- Pedestrian-scale lighting
- Traffic safety signage
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- Implement a student safety education program
Partners: Health, planning, and police departments of Native American Tribe
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