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Safe Routes to School
Improving Health, Safety and Transportation
Lenexa, KS
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The need for Safe Routes to School
1. Fewer kids today walk and bike to school
2. Unintended consequences have resulted
3. SRTS programs are part of the solution
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1. Fewer kids are biking and walking. More parents are driving.
2001: 16% walked
1969: 42% walked
(CDC, 2005)
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Parents driving
Parents driving children to school: 20%-25% of morning traffic
(NHTSA 2003; Dept. of Environment)
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What caused the shift?
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School siting issues: A generation ago
Small schools
Located in community centers
(EPA, 2003)
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School siting issues: Today Mega-schools Built on edges of towns and cities
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School consolidation has lengthened the trip between home and school
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It’s not just distance
Students who live within 1 mile and walk or bike:
2001: 63% 1969: 87%
(CDC, 2005)
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Most common barriers to walking and bicycling to school
Long distances 62%
Traffic danger 30%
Adverse weather 19%
Fear of crime danger 12%
Note: Sum of percentages is more than 100% because respondents could identify more than one barrier.
(CDC, 2005)
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Traffic danger
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Adverse weather
Howard’s Grove, WICentreville, VA
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Fear of crime (both real and perceived)
Abandoned buildings
Other reasons
Individual community issues
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2. What are the unintended consequences of less walking and bicycling?
For the environment
For individual health
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1996 Summer Olympic Games banned single occupant cars in downtown Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
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Morning traffic – 23%
Peak ozone – 28%
Asthma-related events for kids – 42%
(Journal of the American Medical Association [JAMA], 2001)
Results of the ban
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Air quality
Measurably better around schools with more walkers and bicyclists
(EPA, 2003)
Chicago, IL
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Physical inactivity
Most kids aren’t getting the physical activity they need
Recommended 60 minutes on most, preferably all, days of the week
(US Depts. of Health and Human Services and Agriculture, 2005)
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U.S. youth overweight rates
(National Center for Health Statistics)
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Overweight children have an increased risk of…
Type 2 Diabetes
Low self esteem
Decreased physical functioning
Obesity in adulthood
Many other negative emotional & physical effects
(Institute of Medicine, 2005)
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Good news!
Communities are taking action on behalf of children through Safe Routes to School
Phoenix, AZWinston-Salem, NC Alhambra, CA
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3. Safe Routes to School programs are part of the solution…...to improve
walking and bicycling conditions
...to increase physical activity
...to decrease air pollution Dallas, TX
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More benefits of SRTS programs
Reduce congestion around schools
Can lead to cost savings for schools(reduce need for “hazard” busing)
Others: increase child’s sense of freedom, help establish lifetime habits, teach pedestrian and bicyclist skills
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Elements of SRTS programs
Education
Encouragement
Enforcement
Engineering
Evaluation
Lenexa, KS
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Education
Imparts safety skills
Creates safety awareness
Fosters life-long safety habits
Includes parents, neighbors and other drivers
Chicago, IL
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Encouragement
Increases popularity of walking and bicycling
Is an easy way to start SRTS programs
Emphasizes fun
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Enforcement
Increases awareness of pedestrians and bicyclists
Improves driver behavior
Helps children follow traffic rules
Denver, CO
Richmond, VA
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Engineering
Creates safer conditions for walking and bicycling
Can influence the way people behave
West Valley City, UT
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Evaluation
Is the program making a difference?
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Federal Safe Routes to School program
$612 million to States 2005-2009
Funds infrastructure and non-infrastructure activities
Requires State SRTS Coordinators More information:
www.saferoutesinfo.org
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State program
Megan Holt-SwansonSafe Routes to School Coordinator
Address:Illinois Department of TransportationBureau of Design and Environment2300 South Dirksen ParkwaySpringfield, IL 62764
Contact:Phone: (217) 785-2932Fax: (217) 524-9357Email: [email protected]
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Safe Routes to School goals
Where it’s safe, get children walking and biking
Where it’s not safe, make changes
Winston-Salem, NC
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www.saferoutesinfo.org