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2. Overview What is Safe Routes to School? The Five Es SR2S Action Plan Steps SR2S Resources www.saferoutesmichigan.org

3. Encourage and enable school children, including children with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to and from school when distance is reasonable and routes are safe Make walking and bicycling routes to school safer Develop lifelong habits of physical activity Reduce traffic and pollution around schools Goals of Safe Routes to School

4. Mode of Travel to School* Ages 6-12 *National Household Travel Survey Data Series

5. Physical Inactivity Puts Children at Risk* Type 2 diabetes Cardiovascular health problems Lower self esteem *American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005

6. Beyond Health Risks Containerized Living

7. Other SR2S Benefits The environment Children are more ready to learn after being physically active Strengthens community and school

8. The Five Es

9. 1.Educate students and parents for safe non- motorized travel 2.Encourage students to safely walk or bike to and from school 3.Enforce rules and laws to keep pedestrians and bicyclists safe 4.Engineer environmental changes for safe passage 5.Evaluate the impact of SR2S The Five Es

10. Educate Who? Students Parents Community Others About What? Pedestrian and bicycle safety Personal safety A.M. and P. M. safety around the school

11. Encourage Walking school buses Bike trains Friendly competition Walk to School Day

12. Enforce Increase awareness Improve behavior Reduce traffic safety problems

13. Engineer Around the school Along the route to school Crossing streets Slowing down traffic Paint Signs Ramps Islands

14. Evaluate Surveys Student Parent In-class Tallies Walking Audits http://saferoutesmichigan.org/surveys.htm

15. SR2S Action Planning

16. 1.Register your school 2.Build a SR2S Planning Team to complete steps 3-5 and beyond. 3.Conduct Student and Parent Surveys and In-class Tallies 4.Conduct Walking Audits 5.Build an Action Plan using surveys and audits Optional:a) Biking audit b) Walk to School Day c) Federal funding Action Plan Steps

17. Register Your School Contact information School information Principal approval Survey consent http://saferoutesmichigan.org/register.htm

18. Your Planning Team Individuals with the knowledge, skills, and passion to: Identify problems and solutions Develop a SR2S action plan Carry out SR2S activities Communicate with other key partners Sustain SR2S

19. Teammates Principal Parents Teachers Students Road authority Law enforcement City/community planner School district official Civic leaders Trail/bicycling groups Non-motorized expert Parent/teacher of students with disabilities

20. Action Plan Survey and Walking Audit Findings Desired Conditions and Behaviors Action Plan SR2S Regional Trainings are available to provide hands-on experience with walking audits, managing survey data, and action planning.

21. Action Plan Includes Infrastructure Activities = Engineering Non-infrastructure Activities =Educate Encourage Enforce

22. Identify no-cost and low-cost items that can be implemented (infrastructure and noninfrastructure) Identify funding sources for items that need funding: Local/community-based funders and foundations Corporate funders Federal Safe Routes to School program Others Once Action Plan is Complete

23. SR2S Resources

24. Resources SR2S Handbook Regional Training SR2S Staff – MDOT and Michigan Fitness Foundation

25. Newest Resources Make Trax – to engage young people in the planning process White Paper – Effectively Engaging Students with Disabilities in SR2S

26. Join the SR2S team today!