building a new generation of healthy & safe walkers, bike riders & bus riders
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Building a New Generation
of Healthy & Safe Walkers, Bike Riders &
Bus Riders
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Goals Safety – Health – Well-being – Choices
• Promote Transit – every bus trip begins and ends with biking or walking
• Promote regular physical activity
• Reinforce good traffic safety skills
• Focus safe walking and biking street improvements – specially within ½ mile of schools
• Coordinate and partner on school siting, design, education & encouragement.
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Schools & Transportation Evolution
• Community Forums– Health & Built Environment – 2006 (WSDOT)– Why Can’t Kids Walk & Bike to School? – 2009
(Olympia)
• Demonstration Program– Walk n Roll – 2009 (TRPC/OSD/Olympia)
• Plans– Healthy Kids – Safe Streets Action Plan – Sustainable Thurston School
and Transportation Panels
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Outreach 2012-2013
• 24 schools • 164 educational events• K-12
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Walking School Bus
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Walk Route maps• Identify best routes• Offer safety tips• Identify safety improvements
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Bike PARTners
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Rolling Classrooms and Field Trips
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Undriving Program
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Innovate Programs
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Looking Ahead 2013-2015
• Transpiration Alternatives Programs (TAP) – Continue outreach county-wide
• Safe Routes to School (SRTS)– City of Olympia– Washington Middle School
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Meeting Community Needs
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OPPORTUNITIES & CHOICES
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In Closing
• 46% of our most frequent riders are under 25• Millennial generation • Will have a growing role in how our community
develops• Stakeholders and individuals• Challenge: continued engagement from policy
makers, elected officials and others in considerations of land use, school siting, infrastructure prioritization, transit corridors and neighborhood connectivity
• Coordination
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Thank You