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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-12-14 City Council Agendas (3) City of Palo Alto (ID # 11776) City Council Staff Report Report Type: Informational Report Meeting Date: 12/14/2020 City of Palo Alto Page 1 Summary Title: Safe Routes to School Annual Informational Report Title: Safe Routes to School Annual Informational Report From: City Manager Lead Department: Transportation Department Recommendation Staff recommends that the Council review this informational annual update for the Safe Routes to School Partnership. No formal action is requested. Executive Summary The local Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Partnership between the City, the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD), and the Palo Alto Council of PTAs (PTAC) works to reduce risk to students en route to and from school and to encourage more families to choose alternatives to driving solo more often, in order to promote healthy, sustainable school commutes. In May 2017, the Palo Alto Safe Routes to School Partnership adopted its first Five-Year Work Plan. This report documents the progress of the Safe Routes Partnership since then and provides informational updates from Year 3. 2019-20 Program Highlights • Record bike rack counts, with both high schools exceeding 50% biking for first time. • A four percent increase in overall PAUSD active/shared travel modes since 2016/17. • A 13 percent increase in PAUSD middle school active/shared travel modes since 2016/17. • Completion of more than 72 percent of Year 1-3 Work Plan Strategies. • Increased ridership and decreased traffic speeds along Ross Rd. • Conversion of five compulsory in-person PAUSD Bike/Ped Safety classes into 5 online classes, quizzes and digital downloads. Attachment B presents a selection of new education resources generated. • Inclusion of active transportation accommodations in PAUSD Reopening Guidelines. • Progress Reports developed for each school community. Background City of Palo Alto Page 2 For 40 years, the City, PAUSD, and the PTA have maintained a child transportation safety- focused collaboration in Palo Alto, meeting monthly as the City/School Traffic Safety Committee (CSTSC). In 2006, this collaboration adopted a National Consensus Statement relying on a ‘5-E’ (Encouragement, Education, Engineering, Enforcement and Evaluation) injury prevention framework to support safe, healthy and active school commutes. In 2016, the Partnership adopted a sixth ‘E’ for Equity to align with national standards and to ensure that the SRTS Partnership provides additional resources to support the needs of under-resourced or under- represented student populations. In 2020, at the recommendation of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, the term “Enforcement” was replaced with the term “Engagement” to reflect a more community-centered approach to supporting municipal and state bicycle and pedestrian safety code compliance. While Five-Year Work Plan objectives remain somewhat fixed from year to year, the strategies to achieve the goals change each year are based on priorities set by program partners. Five- Year Work Plan goals and strategies depend on the Safe Routes to School Partnership’s funding and capacity and may be subject to change as demand dictates. Discussion COVID-19 Impacts Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic, record growth in student active transportation numbers and new programming opportunities were the defining achievements of the 2019- 2020 academic year. The onset of the pandemic resulted in budget cuts, missed compulsory spring bicycle safety education and the elimination of PAUSD’s appointed City School Transportation Safety Committee Co-Chair. COVID Shelter-In-Place Guidelines further hampered the SRTS Partnership’s capacity to provide community support following a March 2020 youth bicycle fatality in March, Palo Alto’s first in more than 15 years. COVID created programming obstacles but also presented new opportunities as decreased car commuting generated unprecedented increases in walking and biking. To address these increases, the SRTS Team collaborated with the PAUSD Office of Emergency Services to develop crisis communication materials and infrastructure plans to support the 58% of PAUSD students that arrive at school on foot and bike and regularly ride around town during the summer months. The team developed some of the first SRTS online curriculum activities in the Bay Area, joined the School District Reopening Subcommittee, and renewed the Partnership’s equity- focused commitment to accommodate a growing number of low-income and economically hard-shipped families with bike repair, supplies, multilingual ped/bike safety information and person-to-person outreach. A comprehensive table of 2019-20 SRTS activities organized by the Six Es is provided below. Table 1: City of Palo Alto Page 3 Safe Routes to School Program Activities, 2019-2020 Date Activity Partners (in order of leadership) Description Outcomes Encouragement Ongoing Monthly City School Transportation Safety Committee Meetings CPA SRTS, PTA, Palo Alto Police Department, PAUSD, Community Participants Monthly Meetings • 10 2-hour Meetings • Approx. 150 participants Ongoing Monthly City School Transportation Safety Committee Planning Meetings CPA SRTS, PTA, Palo Alto Police Department, PAUSD, Monthly Meetings • 10 1-hour Meetings August-Nov. 2019 Middle & High School Back to School Events PTA, PAUSD, CPA SRTS, PAAPD, Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) Commute planning, bicycle licensing, bike check-ups, and helmet fitting • Five 2-3 hour events August-Nov. 2019 New Principal Orientations CPA SRTS, PAUSD SRTS information session for new principals • Duveneck, Palo Verde, Hoover 8/22/19 Safe Routes PTA Champion Volunteer Orientation PTA, CPA SRTS 2.5 hour training for incoming Safe Routes to School Champions • 12 participants 9/29/19 Bike Palo Alto! Helmet Fitting CPA SRTS, Stanford Injury Prevention and Local Volunteers Offered a bicycle safety education table and customized helmet fittings • 10 15-minute presentations • Est. 50 participants 9/30-10/4/19 Fall Walk & Roll to School Events PTA, PAUSD, CPA SRTS Events to encourage families to try walking, biking, carpooling, or transit • 34 events • Est. 200 volunteers 12/6/19 Haas Center Partner Breakfast Stanford, CPA SRTS Meeting to recruit Stanford students for service experiences • Connection with Youth for Community Services led to MLK Day presentation opportunity 1/20/20 MLK Day Youth for Community Service, CPA SRTS SRTS Q and A Table • Outreach to more than 50 community members City of Palo Alto Page 4 Date Activity Partners (in order of leadership) Description Outcomes 2/6/20 Youth for Community Service Meetings Youth for Community Service Youth partnership discussion • Met with 2 Greene Middle School Students to discuss SRTS Youth Service Projects. 2/22/20 PAUSD School and Family Engagement Fair PAUSD, PTA, CPA SRTS SRTS Q and A Table • 100 Participants 3/1/20 Motherload Cargo Bike Film Festival Wheelkids, CPA SRTS Community Volunteers Screened a film and held an outdoor Cargo Bike Show and Tell • 60 Participants • Developed contact list of regional cargo bike owners 4/22/20 Stanford Research Park Motherlo ad Q&A Forum Stanford, Bikes Make Life Better, CPA SRTS Participated in cargo bike Q&A panel of 3 Presenters • 200 Participants 6/29/20 ITE Western District Annual Meeting Presentation CPA SRTS Participated in a panel of 3presenters discussin g active transportation • 15-minute “Safe Routes to School: A Blueprint for Transforming Transportation” to 50 Participants Education Ongoing Spare the Air Youth Meetings Metropolitan Transportation Commission, City, Regional Providers Sharing best practices in SRTS programs across the Bay Area • 4 Quarterly Meetings August 2019 Sixth Grade Back to School Bicycle Safety Orientation PAUSD, CPA SRTS Bicycle safety assembly for all 6th graders • 14 1-hour presentations • 950 students 8/26/19 9/26/19 Bike Rodeo Captain Training CPA SRTS, PTA Prepared Bike Rodeo Captains for Bike Rodeo event coordination at their school • 5 1-hour trainings • 11 schools trained City of Palo Alto Page 5 Date Activity Partners (in order of leadership) Description Outcomes August- October 2019 Bicycle Life Skills Curriculum CPA SRTS, PAUSD, PAPD, PTA, Stanford, PAMF, Bicycle Outfitter Three-lesson bicycle safety trainings for all PAUSD 3rd graders • Approx. 4.5 hours of bike safety education per student • 36 presentations • 861 students 3/5/20 City Staff Cargo Bike Safety Training CPA, Palo Alto Bicycles Introduction to new City Cargo Bike for City Staff • Approx. 30 minutes of bike safety education Engineering Ongoing 2012 Bicycle + Pedestrian Transportation Plan Projects Transportation staff, Public Works staff Improvements identified by the community to enhance walking and bicycling • Ongoing design feedback • CSTSC input Ongoing Neighborhood Traffic Safety & Bicycle Boulevard Program (NTSBB) Transportation and Public Works staff Bicycle Boulevard projects that prioritize improvements for school children, pedestrians, and people on bicycles • Ongoing design feedback • CSTSC input • Education/ outreach assistance Ongoing Complete Streets Projects Public Works staff with Transportation staff input Roadway maintenance projects that consider all road users, including people on foot or on bicycles • Ongoing design feedback • CSTSC input Education/ outreach assistance Ongoing Safe Routes to School Projects Transportation and Public Works staff Projects on school routes arising from VERBS grant analysis and from PAUSD or PTA requests • Ongoing design feedback • CSTSC input • Education/ outreach assistance Ongoing Palo Alto 311 Service Requests CPA SRTS Requests for improvements on school routes submitted by the community • 11 completed requests City of Palo Alto Page 6 Date Activity Partners (in order of leadership) Description Outcomes Ongoing Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (PABAC) Support CPA SRTS Monthly reports of SRTS activities and collision data given to advisory committee • Reports at monthly PABAC meetings Ongoing Rorke Way CPA SRTS, Palo Verde ES Neighborhood outreach to assess support for red curb parking near one of the school entrances • 43 letters sent to residents Engagement Ongoing Monthly Collision Reporting PAPD Bicycle and pedestrian collision data shared monthly with Safe Routes/Transportation staff • 103 Recorded Collisions Ongoing Traffic Law Enforcement PAPD Enforcement of traffic laws for both drivers and bicyclists • 276 citations (mostly helmet violations) • 226 students referred to Juvenile Traffic Safety Diversion Classes Ongoing Bikes Registered on Bike Index Bike Index, CPA SRTS, PAPD • 393 Ongoing Bikes Marked Found or Recovered from Bike Index Bike Index, CPA SRTS, PAPD • 1 Evaluation Ongoing SRTS Data Providers Network Regio nal Meetings Santa Clara Dept. of Public Health, City Sharing of County resources and best practices • 4 2-hour Meetings 9/1-9/29/20 Classroom Commute Tallies CPA SRTS, PAUSD Increased response rate of online collection of commute mode tallies for all PAUSD students • See Table 4 City of Palo Alto Page 7 Date Activity Partners (in order of leadership) Description Outcomes 9/1-9/29/20 Parked Bicycle Counts PTA, CPA SRTS Counts of parked bicycles at all PAUSD schools • See Table 3 7/01/20 Parent Survey CPA SRTS Developed a school travel assessment parent survey • See attachment 5/6/20 Infographic Development CPA SRTS, Stanford Research Park Developed a user- friendly infographic of SRTS program impacts • See attachment 5/26/20 School Progress Reports Developed school- based progress report of SRTS program outcomes for all PAUSD schools • See attachment Equity Ongoing Equity Local Presentations and Meetings CPA SRTS, City Manager’s Office Dedicated City School Presentation and meetings with PAUSD to support economically and historically underrepresented communities • 5 hours Ongoing Bike, Helmet, & Bike Light Giveaways CPA SRTS, PAUSD, PTA, Palo Alto Bicycles, Gunn ReCycles Donations by SRTS partners for distribution to students in need of equipment • 25 bike lights to PAPD • 35 bikes repaired Ongoing Materials Translation Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Spare the Air Youth Staff, CPA SRTS Translation of educational, map, and evaluation materials into Spanish and Mandarin • 3 documents transl ated City of Palo Alto Page 8 Date Activity Partners (in order of leadership) Description Outcomes 8/1- 11/28/2019 Bike Repair Bay Area BikeMobile, VeloFi x, PTA, CPA SRTS Free school-based bicycle repair clinics that engage students in hands-on bike repair • BikeMoble repair at 5 schools - 100 bikes repaired per school • 30 bikes repaired via the Cardinal Bike Repair PTA Pilot Project • 40 student bikes given away via Gunn ReCycles. COVID 19- Impacted Activities Ongoing SRTS Website Update CPA SRTS Adapted the website to provide better access to data and COVID SRTS resources • Pageviews: 1,117 (Pageview is the total number of pages viewed. Repeated views of single page are counted). • Unique Pageviews: 498 Ongoing Educational Materials CPA SRTS Developed a resource section to support safe physical distancing while walking and biking during shelter in place • See attachments Ongoing SRTS Site Assessments & Recommen- dations Review CPA SRTS Replaced with Physical Distancing Walk/Bike Site Assessments at each school • Standard assessments cancel led due to COVID • 120 hours of pre- assessment prep, database creation, and COVID-related assessments Ongoing Juvenile Traffic Safety Diversion Program PAPD, Traffic Safe Communities Network of Santa Clara County “Traffic School” for youth with on-bike citations • 3 Classes City of Palo Alto Page 9 Date Activity Partners (in order of leadership) Description Outcomes Ongoing Adult Crossing Guards PAPD Crossing guards for elementary and middle school students at qualifying intersections • Crossing guard services suspended following school closures 2/16/20 Chinese New Year Festival Table CPA SRTS, PTA SRTS Table with multilingual bike/ped safety information • Cancelled due to COVID 3/1-7/1/20 Regional COVID Meetings CPA SRTS, Spare the Air Youth, Safe Routes National Partnership Led two coalitions of regional SRTS providers to develop information sharing resources and language for supporting inclusive travel options during COVID • 10 meetings • SRTS inclusive transportation language included in PAUSD School Reopening Guidelines 3/1-5/1/20 K-1 Pedestrian Safety Walk Smart, CPA SRTS, PAUSD Pedestrian safety education classroom lessons • Cancelled due to COVID 3/1-5/1/20 Walk Smart Pedestrian Safety Walking Field Trips Walk Smart, CPA SRTS, PAUSD Outdoor pedestrian safety education for 2nd Graders • Cancelled due to COVID 4/1-7/1/20 PAUSD School Reopening Meetings PAUSD, PTA, CPA SRTS Weekly working group of PAUSD staff and parent volunteers • 5 SRTS School Reopening Task Force meetings 4/1-6/1/20 Fifth Grade Bicycle Safety Refresher CPA SRTS, My Bike Skills, PAUSD Gradewide assembly- based bike safety education. • In-person classes cancelled due to COVID • Modified to online format 5/1-6/1/20 Eighth Grade Getting to High School Online CPA SRTS, My Bike Skills, PAUSD Gradewide assembly- based bike safety education. • In-person classes cancelled due to COVID • Modified to online format City of Palo Alto Page 10 Date Activity Partners (in order of leadership) Description Outcomes 6/1-7/1/20 Biking with Preschoolers Workshop CPA SRTS Bicycle safety education for parents of preschoolers • Two 1-hour presentations • 20 participants 6/1/20 Middle School Bike Skills WheelKids Bicycle Club, CPA SRTS Adjusted for COVID • Six 4.5- hour classes • 20 students • 20 parents Source: Office of Transportation, December 2020 Program Evaluation As shown in Table 2, the 2019-20 education programs touched approximately 1,601 students. As of July 2020, the online curriculum activities had recently been developed. Download statistics will be available in the 2020-21 Annual Report. Table 2: 2019-2020 Safe Routes to School Core Education Program Reach Program Number of Lessons/ Assemblies Number of PAUSD Students Taught K-2 Pedestrian Online Safety Downloads* 0 0** Third Grade Bicycle Life Skills Curriculum 36 756 Fifth Grade Online Bicycle Refresher* 0 0 Sixth Grade Back to School Bicycle Safety Orientation 14 845 Eighth Grade Online Getting to High School Event* 0 0 Total for Core Education Programs 50 1601 Source: Office of Transportation, June 2020 * Denotes online curriculum activity ** Download was shared following 7/1/20 Fiscal Year. Download stats will be provided in the next Annual Report In addition to post-program surveys of teachers, administrators, and volunteers, the Partnership collects data to estimate levels of school commute alternative mode use. Tables 3 and 4 present yearly alternative mode share/shift, calculated by using bike rack counts and classroom travel tallies each fall. Bike rack counts are administered by PTA volunteers calculating the number of parked bikes at their school. More detailed SRTS data can be found in Attachment C. City of Palo Alto Page 11 Table 3: 2019 Parked Bicycle Counts at PAUSD Schools School Type 2019 Parked Bikes % Biking % pt. + or – since 2016-17 Elementary 759 16% 0 Middle 1,674 63% +13 High 2,102 51% +10 Total 4,535 39% +8 Source: Office of Transportation, December 2019 Classroom travel tallies are administered by teachers through a show of student hands. In 2016- 17, new online data gathering methods for the classroom travel tally helped expand the program’s capacity to conduct travel tallies at the secondary level. The City has a goal of reaching a mean district response rate of 70%. The mean tally response rate was 49% in the first year of this effort; this year the mean district response rate was 68%. Table 4 shows the travel mode percentages aggregated by school type for the current school year. Table 4: 2019 PAUSD Classroom Tally of Mode to School Walk Scooter Skate (%) Bike (%) Carpool (%) Transit (%) Drive (%) Resp. Rate (%) Alt. Transp. Mode (%) Alt. Mode Shift + or – since 2016- 17 (%) Elem. 25 16 6 3 50 80 50 +3 Middle 13 57 8 2 20 84 80 +3 High 9 54 6 6 24 61 75 +6 Average 15 42 7 4 31 75 68 +4 Source: Office of Transportation, December 2019 Data Interpretation Weather variations, date of data collection, absenteeism, classroom tally participation rates, school-based special events, volunteer-based calculation errors, and whether bicycles are left in the rack or removed during the school day impact the validity of these results. Importantly, the small mode shift changes across all school levels are well within the norm of data fluctuations and suggest sustained levels of alternative mode use at a rate that is more than twice the national average. Nevertheless, the relatively high use of the family car for school commutes of two miles or less, particularly at the elementary level, continues to represent a growth area for the program. For this reason, the SRTS Partnership will seek to: • Sustain active mode share numbers; and City of Palo Alto Page 12 • Provide bicycle, pedestrian and driver safety education to accommodate the buildout of infrastructure appropriate for such high levels of alternative transportation. Adopted SRTS Objectives, 2018-2022 The 2019-20 Five-Year Work Plan that was reviewed and accepted at the April 19, 2019, City School Transportation Safety Committee (CSTSC) will continue serving as a roadmap for the program’s development. The goal of the plan is to grow and strengthen community-wide support through the SRTS Six E's model for safe, active, healthy, and sustainable school commutes. The seven objectives of the Five-Year Plan are listed below. The Safe Routes to School Partnership will advance these objectives through the various strategies presented in Attachment A. 1. Adopt and institutionalize key SRTS practices and policies across the Partnership and gather best practices from elsewhere 2. Provide, continue, and enhance school- and community-based SRTS education programs, materials, and communications 3. Expand and enhance SRTS events, encouragement programs, and materials to communicate the value of SRTS to parents, students, and the community 4. Gather data to assess and improve SRTS program outcomes 5. Engineer routes to school to develop more safe and efficient networks for families choosing active transportation 6. Increase awareness and engagement between City Departments and the community to advance awareness of the SRTS mission, goals, and strategies 7. Commit to an equitable distribution of SRTS resources to encourage broad SRTS community participation Key activities for Year 3 included the development of school report cards summarizing travel mode split, SRTS activities undertaken, and the level of green travel status; developing fact- based and consistent Safe Routes to School messages for use on social media; developing a PAUSD parent survey to evaluate participant demographics and identify challenges to more active transportation: and working with PAUSD Family Engagement Specialists to develop an Equity Action Plan to expand support of underrepresented and under-resourced communities. Policy Implications This program is consistent with key transportation goals in the City’s Comprehensive Plan 2030, including creating a sustainable transportation system, reducing congestion, and providing a safe environment for all road users. Specific policies and programs include: • Policy T-1.16: Promote personal transportation vehicles as an alternative to cars (e.g. bicycles, skateboards, roller blades) to get to work, school, shopping, recreational facilities and transit stops. • Program T-1.16.4: Participate in local and regional encouragement events such as Palo Alto Walk and Rolls, Bike to Work Day, and Bike Palo Alto! that encourage a culture of bicycling and walking as alternative to single-occupant vehicle trips. City of Palo Alto Page 13 • Policy T1.19: Provide facilities that encourage and support bicycling and walking. • Program T1.19.2: Prioritize investment for enhanced pedestrian access and bicycle use within Palo Alto and to/from surrounding communities, including by incorporating improvements from related city plans, for example the 2012 Palo Alto Bicycle + Pedestrian Transportation Plan and the Parks, Trails & Open Space master Plan, as amended, into the Capital Improvements Program. • Policy T-2.7: Work with the PAUSD to resolve traffic congestion issues associated with student drop-off and pick-up. Address pedestrian and bicycle access, circulation and related issues such as coordinating bell schedules on City rights-of-way adjacent to schools and on PAUSD property. • Program T6.1.1: Follow the principles of the Safe Routes to Schools program to implement traffic safety measures that focus on safe routes to work, shopping, downtown, community services, parks, and schools including all designated school commute corridors. • Program T6.1.2: Develop, distribute, and aggressively promote maps and apps showing safe routes to work, shopping, community services, parks and schools within Palo Alto in collaboration with stakeholders, including PAUSD, major employers, TMA's, local businesses and community organizations. • Policy T-6.2: Pursue the goal of zero severe injuries and roadway fatalities on Palo Alto city streets. • Policy T-6.4: Continue the Safe Routes to School partnership with PAUSD and the Palo Alto Council of PTAs. • Policy T-6.5: Support PAUSD adoption of standard Safe Routes to School policies and regulations that address the five E's of education, encouragement, enforcement, engineering and evaluation. • Program T6.6.2: Continue to provide educational programs for children and adults, in partnership with community-based educational organizations, to promote safe walking and the safe use of bicycles, including the City-sponsored bicycle education programs in the public schools and the bicycle traffic school program for juveniles. • Program T6.6.3: Work with PAUSD and employers to promote roadway safety for all users, including motorized alternatives to cars and bikes such as mopeds and e- bikes, through educational programs for children and adults. Timeline The Safe Routes to School Partnership supports an ongoing, year-round program which includes both engineering and programmatic elements. A timeline of recently completed and upcoming infrastructure projects that reduce risk to students is included in Table 5. Table 5: SRTS Infrastructure Project Timelines Project School Routes to be Improved Completion Date or Future Construction Start City of Palo Alto Page 14 Project School Routes to be Improved Completion Date or Future Construction Start Churchill Avenue Enhanced Bikeway, Phase 0 Palo Alto HS Completed April 2016 Cowper Street at Coleridge Avenue High- visibility Crosswalks Walter Hays Completed April 2016 Georgia Ave High-visibility Crosswalk and Curb Extension Terman MS Gunn HS Completed Summer 2016 Los Robles Avenue Bikeway Enhancements Briones Terman MS Gunn HS Completed Summer 2016 Park Boulevard Bicycle Boulevard Early Implementation (Stanford Avenue to Cambridge Avenue) Jordan MS Palo Alto HS Completed Summer 2016 Middlefield Road and North California Avenue Complete Street Project Jordan MS Palo Alto HS Completed Fall 2016 Garland Drive Sharrows Jordan MS Completed Winter 2017 Overcrossing/Undercrossing Improvements Jordan MS Palo Alto HS Completed August 2017 Arastradero Road at Donald Drive Spot Safety Improvements Terman MS Completed September 2017 Cowper Street at Coleridge Avenue Traffic Circle Trial Walter Hays Completed September 2017 Colorado Avenue at Sandra Place Spot Safety Improvements Ohlone Completed July 2018 Channing Avenue and St Francis Drive Enhanced Bikeway Duveneck Completed Summer 2018 Ross Road Bicycle Boulevard El Carmelo Ohlone Palo Verde Jordan MS Gunn HS Palo Alto HS Completed November 2019; Adjustments November 2020 Additional minor concrete work will be done early 2021 Amarillo Avenue-Moreno Avenue Bicycle Boulevard El Carmelo Ohlone Palo Verde Completed November 2019; Adjustments November 2020 Charleston-Arastradero Corridor Project Phase 1 and 2 Barron Park Briones Hoover Fairmeadow JLS MS Terman MS Gunn HS November 2020 City of Palo Alto Page 15 Project School Routes to be Improved Completion Date or Future Construction Start Charleston-Arastradero Corridor Project Phase 3 Barron Park Briones Hoover Fairmeadow JLS MS Terman MS Gunn HS Estimated construction start Spring 2021 Churchill Avenue Enhanced Bikeway, Phase 1 Palo Alto HS Summer 2021 Churchill Avenue Highway-Railroad Crossing Safety Improvement Project Palo Alto HS Late Fall 2022 East Meadow Drive and Fabian Way Enhanced Bikeway Fairmeadow Hoover Palo Verde JLS MS Gunn HS Estimated construction start Late Fall 2022 Bryant Street Bicycle Boulevard Extension (East Meadow Drive to San Antonio Road) Fairmeadow Hoover JLS MS Gunn HS TBD via a new public outreach process for NTSBB* projects Bryant Street Bicycle Boulevard Upgrade (Menlo Park City Limits to East Meadow Road) Addison El Carmelo JLS MS Jordan MS Palo Alto HS Gunn HS TBD via a new public outreach process for NTSBB* projects Louis Road-Montrose Avenue Bicycle Boulevard Fairmeadow JLS MS Gunn HS TBD via a new public outreach process for NTSBB* projects Maybell Avenue Bicycle Boulevard Briones Terman MS Gunn HS TBD via a new public outreach process for NTSBB* projects Park Boulevard-Wilkie Way Bicycle Boulevard Barron Park Briones Terman MS Gunn HS TBD via a new public outreach process for NTSBB* projects Stanford Avenue Bicycle Boulevard Barron Park Briones Terman MS Gunn HS TBD via a new public outreach process for NTSBB* projects Source: Office of Transportation, December 2020 *NTSBB: Neighborhood Traffic Safety and Bicycle Boulevard Project Resource Impacts The 2019-20 Safe Routes to School (PL-00026) budget was $214,200. Staff consisted of two (2) full-time coordinators for a total of two (2) FTEs (full time equivalent). This capital improvement City of Palo Alto Page 16 project (CIP) allows for strategic investments in school route safety infrastructure, such as crosswalks, pedestrian flashing beacons, improved signage, and street markings. Safe Routes to School infrastructure projects are financed through a variety of means, including the Safe Routes to School (PL-00026), Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Implementation (PL-04010), and Street Maintenance (PE-86070) CIPs as well as through several grant programs. Environmental Review This agenda item is for City Council review and input and is not a “project” requiring review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).