1. Louisiana Safe Routes To School Program NON INFRASTRUCTURE

2. EDUCATIONEDUCATION

3. Education Strategies Who needs to receive information When the education should be delivered What information needs to be shared How the messages will be conveyed

4. Who? Children Parents Drivers Neighbors

5. When? Before encouragement activities Immediately for existing unsafe practices How it fits with other parts of the SRTS program

6. What? Children –Pedestrian Safety skills –Bicyclist safety skills –Personal Safety –Health and environment benefits

7. What? (Cont.) Parents –Benefits of SRTS program –As teachers of safety behaviors –As drivers around the school campus –As drivers near the school

8. How? Children –One time instruction –Classroom or physical education lessons –Parent involvement –Structured Skills practice Parents –Printed materials –Media stories –Training, etc

9. Drivers and Neighbors Signage Enforcement activities Media Flyers Other

10. ENCOURAGEMENTENCOURAGEMENT

11. Overview Encouragement activities are about: – Having fun – Generate excitement and interest – Increase enthusiasm for SRTS

12. Benefits Quick and easy to start Little funding required Focus on fun Jumpstart interest Show quick success Foster safe behaviors Etc.

13. Activities Special events Mileage clubs and contests Walking school busses Bicycle trains Park and walk

14. ENFORCEMENTENFORCEMENT

15. Enforcement Goal To deter unsafe behaviors of drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists and to encourage all road users to obey traffic laws and share the road safely

16. Identify Unsafe Behaviors Driver Behaviors Pedestrian Behaviors Bicyclist Behaviors

17. Enforcement Approach Community enforcement –Safety Patrols –Adult School crossing guards –Neighborhood speed watch programs Law Enforcement –Speed trailers –Speed monitors –Ticketing –etc

18. EVALUATIONEVALUATION

19. Identify Goals Increased safety Behavior changes More kids walking More kids biking Other benefits

20. Measurement What to measure? –Accidents/incidents –Number of students walking –Number of students biking –Change in behavior

21. When to Measure Before and after Long term/short term Intervals Etc.

22. NON INFRASTRUCTURE Consider a comprehensive strategy to achieve the goals of the program.