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Tina Panza
Director, Safe Routes to School
Sonoma County, Bicycle Coalition
707-545-0153 (office)
707-799-3911 (mobile)
tins bikesonoma.org
www !sohbmasafeeoutes.org
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What,is Safe Routes to School?
Safe Routes to School is & program, that promotes walking and bicycling to school in a collaborative
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yfrarneworkthati'nclu communit " des'th` owing five E's:
Evaluation'— Identifying
E fy' g barriers ers to walking &'bicycling'tdl`rough,fanalysis of surveys, travel
counts, walking audits, and feedback from parents, children, and,,the community.
® Education — teaching the 'basics .of good pedestrian and bicycle safety, as well as the benefits of
walking and,bicycling to health andithe'enviro.nment:
o Sonoma County Safe Routes to School standards"based curriculum
o in school or afterschooj bicycle and pedestrian safety/skill courses
o distribution of educational materials to parents and kids
® Encouragement —'inspiring parents and kids to walk and„ bike to school and providing fun
opportunities -to do so:
o incentives such as walk/roll'Idays, contests, frequent walk/roll programs, etc.
o walking school buses or'bicycle trains
® Engineering — improving the physical conditions in the school 'ne,ighborhood by exploring
existing conditions and making improvements such as sidewalks; si,gnage and crosswalks
® Enforcement I targeting police enforcement in school areas; speed't'railers and outreach
Whv is Safe, Routes to School important?
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Thirty years ago, over 50% of children living within a 2-mile radius of a school walked or bicycled to
sch' Today;;that;'6' as,dropped to less than 15%. In addition, aback then, 5% of children
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between 'the, ages of 6;and 11 were considered to be overweight or obese; and today, that number has
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climbed tb,ove'r 1_'5%;!'°These^stati'sticspoint to arise in preventable childhood diseases, worsening air
quality, con and estion arourid schools, and missed opportunities for children to grow into self reliant,
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independent,adults.'l Safe Routes to School Programsare intended to help reverse these trends.
Overview of Sonoma County, Program (excerpted from 12008-09 Annual Report)
In Sonoma County,,;Safe Routes to,School became a countywide effort during the Annual Report period
of July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009. Starting in 2008, the Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA)
allocated a small percentage of funds;from Measure M's Transportation Tax to support a countywide
SRTS program. The Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (SCBC) is implementing the countywide SRTS
program with funding of $45,000 per year for five years. However, there is community interest in
securing more substantial and sustainable monies to fully fund the countywide SRTS program.
Sonoma County Health Action identified SRTS as one of its initiatives and supported convening the
Countywide SRTS Workgroup.' The group started meeting in April 2009 to explore the development of a
sustainable and comprehensive countywide SRTS program.
The current countywide SRTS program has taken initial steps to provide resources to the entire county
by: setting up a website, www.'sonomas.aferoutes.org; organizing.Walk and Roll to School Day which
included 33 schools and over 3700 students throughout the county in October 2008; and providing
technical assistance.
While efforts are underway to expand the current countywide SRTS program, Iocal,SRTS pilot programs
at five schools in Sebastopol and Santa Rosa experienced many successes. In addition, the Santa Rosa
City Schools began implementing activities under a SRTS program run by Santa Rosa Public Works. In
2008-09, the SRTS program made preliminary gains in changing attitudes and behaviors.
Overall, mode shift at the pilot schools changed slightly with increases in walking and decreases in
transportation in a family vehicle.
For more information about the 2008-09 Sonoma County Safe. Routes to School program, please read
the 2008-09 Annual Report. Included in the,report is a community involvement activities matrix for
SRTS activities at each of the participating schools in the county.
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Kids ages 5 to 14:
1969
gig- Usually walked or biked to
48%
=_- school
-= Arrived in a private auto
12%
Rode .school bus
38%
-= Live within 1 mile of school
41%
Live within, 1 mile of school
88%
who walk/bike to school
-- Source: 2009 National Household Travel survey
® Long distances 62%
Traffic danger 30%
Adverse weather 190/0
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®CUpposing school policy 69/o
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2009
13%
44%
40%
31%
38%
-_ Note: Sum of percentages is more than 100% because
respondents could identify more than one barrier.
(Centers for Disease Control, 2004)
® Children need to exercise every day
® Safer with less traffic
• Pedestrian and bicycle safety are life
lessons
® Classroom benefits
"You cannot educate a ch'ild'who is ,not
healthy and you cannot keep a child
healthy who is not -educated."
- Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former US Surgeon General
Transportation 60% of total
emissions in 2007
=- 4 of 5 trips in Sonoma County, are
single -occupant automobiles
School transportation: 20-25% of
morning traffic nationally
=- ==itsSonoma County, committed to GHG
-=-= reduction target of 25% below 1990 .
== =_ levels by 2015
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® Measure M Transportation Tax:
current base for countywide SRTS
Program ($45K/yr)
== ® Federal SRTS 5E's programs
-_ South Santa Rosa (7 schools)
® Sebastopol (4 schools)
_ -;"®Federal SRTS program
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Santa Rosa City Schools (ended June
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° Imparts safety skills
and awareness
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understanding of
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Fosters life long
safety and 'healthy
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Includes parents,
neighbors and other
drivers,
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Increases awareness
of pedestrians and
bicyclists
Improves driver
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®Helps children follow
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conditions for
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bicycling
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the way people
behave
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—Transportation choices in the public schools participating
in.the Marin County. Safe Routes to
School Program.2000-2002.
Percentage of Parents,Who Feel that Kawana Elementary School
Encourages or Discourages Walking and Biking to/from School
12008 20.7% 27.6%o 44.8% 1.7% 5.2%
ing 37%47.9% 15.1% 0% 0%
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fiber of Parents at Kawana Reporting the; Lev ,of Fun Walking and
Biking-to/from School is for Their.Child
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2008 13.1% 55.7% .26.2% 1.b% 3.3%
Lug 31.1% 41.9% 25.7% 1.4% 0%
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Promote Walk & Roll to School Day (Oct. 6)
o "Walking"Wednesdays"
Start walking school buses or bike trains
Bike rodeos
-,.Resources on website
School newsletters
Assemblies
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