This session weaves together the experiences of four programs; a middle school Safety Education program, a middle school mentoring program, The Major Taylor Pro ... more

This session weaves together the experiences of four programs; a middle school Safety Education program, a middle school mentoring program, The Major Taylor Project and Go By Bike. These are programs of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington and Cascade Bicycle Club. The Safety Education program has been teaching basic handling and traffic safety skills to middle school students in 30+ districts around Washington since 2010. The mentoring program at Salmon Bay School in Seattle trains 8th graders as peer bike mentors to assist adult leaders on an annual overnight bike trip to camp. Cascade Bicycle Club’s Major Taylor Project is a year-round youth development program focused on creating access and opportunities for high school students in diverse and underserved communities. Go By Bike is a safety education and encouragement program for college students. The Bicycle Alliance has implemented a 1-credit Physical Education course at four local colleges.

Instructors:

Joshua Miller

Seth Schromen-Wawrin

Robin Randels

This session begins by exploring national trends in student travel and parental perceptions about walking and bicycling to school since 2007—the year the Nation ... more

This session begins by exploring national trends in student travel and parental perceptions about walking and bicycling to school since 2007—the year the National Center for Safe Routes to School launched its online data system. Attendees will discuss infrastructural and cultural forces behind changes in student travel outcomes and their parents’ attitudes about active school travel. After discussing national trends, audience members will learn about a long-term study on the mobility and safety impacts of California’s SR2S Infrastructure program. Using infrastructure project information and collision data, presenters mapped the location of SR2S infrastructure improvements in relation to the location of vehicle-child collisions. Significant injury reductions and increased levels of walking to school were found in areas closer to infrastructure improvements compared with injuries and walking levels farther from improvements. The session wraps up with discussion on the broader implications of the presented research on Safe Routes to School.

Instructors:

Jill Cooper

Safe routes to school (SRTS) planning has typically been conducted years after school construction, when problems begin to surface and strategies are needed to ... more

Safe routes to school (SRTS) planning has typically been conducted years after school construction, when problems begin to surface and strategies are needed to improve pedestrian and bicycle access and safety. But what if SRTS principles could be incorporated from the outset as part of school expansion or new school design? Arlington County, Virginia has pioneered such an approach. This panel session will discuss a new collaboration between Arlington County Transportation and Arlington Public Schools to incorporate multi-modal planning and transportation demand management as part of new school construction and existing school expansion projects. Panelists will describe recent school planning processes, and discuss the benefits and challenges from three different perspectives: county transportation, public school facilities and operations, and architectural design of the new school site. Learn how SRTS planning can be integral to larger transportation goals while also helping school systems mitigate neighborhood concerns about school construction and expansion.

Instructors:

Jim Elliot AICP

Dennis Leach AICP

Lionel White

Recent reports show pedestrian injuries to New York City students fell 44% as a result of Safe Routes to School projects. Representatives from NYCDOT Safety Edu ... more

Recent reports show pedestrian injuries to New York City students fell 44% as a result of Safe Routes to School projects. Representatives from NYCDOT Safety Education will discuss the program and offer best practice suggestions beginning with a look at non-capital infrastructure changes. Two middle school curricula, City Street Investigator (CSI) and Stop-Think-Act, will be presented. These align with learning standards, offer age-appropriate encouragement material, and include useful evaluative tools. For a hands-on experience, we will go into the traffic environment to discuss youth advocacy and school-community engagement efforts through the Safer Streets program. We will measure vehicle speeds and make observations of street conditions and user behaviors to illustrate how student projects bridge the gap between in-class learning and civic involvement. This workshop will also highlight some of the opportunities, struggles and successes of building community safety councils. Designed to give you plenty to take back with you.

Instructors:

Kim Wiley-Schwartz

Marjorie Marciano

Michelle Kaucic

Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) curricula are more than just safety trainings! In this presentation, first learn how to engage students and adapt for the unique ... more

Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) curricula are more than just safety trainings! In this presentation, first learn how to engage students and adapt for the unique brains and diverse needs of young students from a credentialed classroom teacher from Marin County, California. Explore successful instruction strategies that accommodate the cognitive development, learning styles, and special needs found in today’s elementary classrooms. Then, discover how the Common Core State Standards align with SRTS subjects through an introduction to the California Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Curriculum, developed by the California Healthy Kids and After School Resource Centers for the California Department of Public Health. Finally, experience activities from a middle school science and engineering curriculum centered on bicycles. The curriculum, supported by community bicycle partnerships and piloted by science teachers in Minneapolis Public Schools, allows students to examine the evolution and historical impact of bicycles, conduct experiments, and reverse-engineer bicycles.

Instructors:

James Sievert

Elizabeth Stretch

Engaging schools in ongoing Safe Routes to School efforts can be a difficult long game. This session will familiarize attendees with school districts and their ... more

Engaging schools in ongoing Safe Routes to School efforts can be a difficult long game. This session will familiarize attendees with school districts and their boards, identify their priorities, and give the advocate an overview of strategies for influencing individual school boards, including how to overcome fear of liability. In addition, this session will educate attendees on the types of policies that can be adopted at the district level, ranging from traffic safety education in the classrooms to comprehensive school siting policies. The session will showcase a new tool for creating supportive policies and focus on real world experience from advocates who have made inroads with their school boards. Finally, participants will play a game of Policy Jeopardy in which they get to put their new understanding of school board policies into action!

Instructors:

David Cowan

Sara Zimmerman

Benjamin Winig

Is Evaluation the overlooked E in your Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program? This session will highlight considerations for effective evaluation design, creativ ... more

Is Evaluation the overlooked E in your Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program? This session will highlight considerations for effective evaluation design, creative resourcing for data collection, and partnership opportunities that can energize and enhance your evaluation efforts. This session, facilitated by the California Department of Public Health’s SRTS Technical Assistance Resource Center, will include a diverse set of California researchers and practitioners in SRTS evaluation at the state, regional, and local levels committed to sound evaluation practice under varied and often complex circumstances. UC Berkeley SafeTREC researchers will introduce case studies of schools interested in having their SRTS programs evaluated. Panelists will then present practical considerations to make before selecting an appropriate and effective evaluation design framework. Next, panelists will detail additional opportunities and processes that may enhance evaluation planning and implementation. Participants will then be given the opportunity to engage in small group discussions of the proposed cases. Speakers

Instructors:

Tham Nguyen

Want to learn about six great bike curricula geared towards kids and 6 different ways to implement them? That’s what you’ll get when you attend this Mind Mixer. ... more

Want to learn about six great bike curricula geared towards kids and 6 different ways to implement them? That’s what you’ll get when you attend this Mind Mixer. Practitioners from Oregon, Philadelphia, Colorado, California, Montana, and Florida will present using fast-paced, 6-minute presentations consisting of visual storytelling about their proven bike curriculum and program implementation. We realize that every state, every city, every community, heck, every school is different, and you may need many options in order to create a program that works for you! Take advantage of these practitioners’ more than 50 cumulative years of bike education program implementation experience. Come hang out with us. We’d love to brainstorm with you. Most of all, we want more kids on bikes!

Instructors:

Megan Rosenbach

John Egberts

Julia Davenport

LeeAnne Fergason

Are you interested in learning how technology can help you identify and prioritize specific infrastructure improvements? Are you interested in learning how to p ... more

Are you interested in learning how technology can help you identify and prioritize specific infrastructure improvements? Are you interested in learning how to plan for and design unique and effective infrastructure solutions like school bicycle boulevards and green street elements? If so, then this is the session for you! This session will highlight the successful completion of California’s first comprehensive School Bicycle Boulevard. This two-mile route serves hundreds of students from three schools. You will learn how this project was implemented from start to finish, and how to replicate this treatment in your jurisdiction. This session will also cover how green street stormwater design strategies can be designed to provide safe bicycle and pedestrian conditions. We call them “Green Routes to Schools.”

Instructors:

David Parisi

This bike tour of Davis will provide wheels-on training that mimics a child’s school commute. We’ll sample portions of the BikeLoop that connects nine of the to ... more

This bike tour of Davis will provide wheels-on training that mimics a child’s school commute. We’ll sample portions of the BikeLoop that connects nine of the town’s 13 public schools, see innovative bicycle and pedestrian features, visit school sites to examine access points, and discuss school and citywide encouragement programs. Learn more about bicycle traffic signals, roundabouts, infrared signal activation, bicycle and pedestrian tunnels and overcrossings, school sites, and a location where the city bought and demolished a home to provide a critical bicycle connection. Demonstrations feature Active4.me, a scan-in process where kids earn credits for walking or biking; school bike rodeos that teach safety skills; a bike light giveaway coordinated by a city-nonprofit-university partnership; and an annual ”Loopalooza” fun ride that attracts scores of families. Guides will discuss safety and access issues, alternatives, successes and challenges to implementation. Participants will be encouraged to consider how situations may be similar to their communities, and how design solutions in Davis may be applied to address conflict, safety and parental comfort. We’ll cover 14 miles at a leisurely pace with frequent stops, beginning at the Davis Amtrak station, so participants may bring personal bikes for the tour or ride loaner bikes we provide. Following the tour, participants can return to Sacramento or linger in Davis for dinner at our renowned Farmer’s Market. Refreshments will be included.

Instructors:

Tim Starback