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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 7867 City of Palo Alto (ID # 7867) City Council Staff Report Report Type: Study Session Meeting Date: 6/19/2017 City of Palo Alto Page 1 Summary Title: Safe Routes to School Annual Update Title: Palo Alto Safe Routes to School Partnership Annual Update From: City Manager Lead Department: Planning and Community Environment Recommendation Staff recommends that the Council receive a Staff presentation, review the enclosed annual update for the Safe Routes to School Partnership, and comment on the adopted Five-Year Work Plan. 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 May 2016, the Palo Alto Safe Routes to School Partnership celebrated its 10-year anniversary. This report documents the progress of the Safe Routes Partnership since then and presents the newly-drafted Five-Year Work Plan. Background The child transportation safety-focused collaboration between the City, PAUSD and the PTA has existed in Palo Alto for more than 40 years. 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 (See Attachment B). In 2016, the anticipated retirement of two highly valued Partnership members, along with the introduction of new PTA and City staff leadership prompted a process to review program metrics, assess opportunities and guide future development. As recommended during this process, and to align with national standards, the Partnership adopted a sixth ‘E’ for Equity to ensure that the SRTS Partnership provides safe and healthy outcomes for all students. City of Palo Alto Page 2 Activities 2016-17 has been a year of transition amidst a number of highlights listed below.  A Five-Year Work Plan (See Attachment A);  138 educational trainings to PAUSD students and parents;  Adopting ‘Equity’ as a key area of focus;  Expanded secondary school outreach and program metrics;  Sustained levels of active transportation mode-share;  A $919,354 Safe Routes to School Vehicle Based Emissions Reductions grant (VERBS) to enhance South Palo Alto bikeways recommended for funding by the VTA (not yet budgeted). A comprehensive table of 2016-17 SRTS activities organized by the six Es is provided below: Table 1: Safe Routes to School Program Activities, 2016-2017 Activity Partners (in order of leadership) Description Outcomes Encouragement Bike Palo Alto! Helmet Fitting Palo Alto Green Teams, CoPa SRTS, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Injury Prevention Coordinated a bicycle safety education table and offered customized helmet fittings  Ten 15-minute presentations  Est. 50 participants Bike to Work Day Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, CPA SRTS, community volunteers Coordinated four volunteer-run Energizer Stations and assisted with developing promotional materials targeted to residents and City staff  2143 cyclists  Record numbers at Wilkie Energizer Station  150 safety flyers distributed to students at Cal Ave. Ped/Bike Tunnel Energizer Station Fall and Spring Walk and Roll to School Events PTA, PAUSD, CoPa SRTS SRTS Events to encourage families to try walking, biking, carpooling, or transit  34 events  Est. 200 volunteers Hoover Parent Outreach Discussions CPA, PTA, PAUSD, Sierra Club Met with parents and community members to improve traffic congestion, appoint new SRTS leadership and encourage mode shift  3 meetings  Anti-idling pilot introduced  Teambuilding City of Palo Alto Page 3 strategies initiated Middle and High School Back to School Events PTA, PAUSD, CoPa SRTS, Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) Commute planning, bicycle licensing, bike check-ups, and helmet fitting  Five 2-3 hour events Safe Routes PTA Champion Volunteer Orientation PTA, CPA SRTS 2.5 hour training for incoming Safe Routes to School Champions  Est. 12 participants Education Bicycle Life Skills Curriculum CoPa SRTS, PAUSD, PAPD, PTA, Stanford Injury Prevention, 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  863 students Biking with Preschoolers Workshops CoPa SRTS Bicycle safety education for parents of preschoolers  Two 1-2 hour presentations  38 participants Bike to Work Day Employee Bike Commute Workshop Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, CoPa SRTS Bike safety education for City Employees interested in bike commuting  One 1-hour presentation  12 participants Bike Rodeo Captain Training CoPA, PTA Prepared Bike Rodeo Captains for Bike Rodeo event coordination at their school  5 trainings  All 12 schools trained Bringing Up Bicyclists PTA, CoPa SRTS Bicycle safety education for parents of elementary-age children  One 2-hour presentation  10 participants Educational Materials for New Infrastructure CoPa SRTS, Transportation staff Developed educational materials to encourage safe use of new infrastructure  One roundabout navigation poster  One Jordan 2-way Bikeway instructional handout Eighth Grade Getting to High School Event CoPa SRTS, PTA, PAUSD Bike safety and high school commute planning information for all 8th graders  Three 2-hour presentations  668 students Fifth Grade Bicycle Safety Refresher CoPa SRTS, PAUSD Bicycle safety assembly for all 5th graders entering middle school  Twelve 40-60 minute presentations City of Palo Alto Page 4  978 Students Fifth Grade Bicycle Repair Clinic Pilot PTA, CPA SRTS, Bay Area BikeMobile Opt-in repair clinic for 5th Grade students hosted at Addison Elementary  One-hour presentation  10-20 students Back to School Night Table for Jordan Families CoPa SRTS Tabled Jordan families with information about the 2-way bikeway  One 2-hour tabling session K-2 Pedestrian Safety Safe Moves, CPA SRTS Pedestrian safety assemblies for all PAUSD K-2nd graders  58 45-minute presentations  2322 students Middle School Bike Skills Wheelkids Bicycle Club, CoPa SRTS On-bike safety education for middle school students and parents (opt-in program)  Seven- 4.5 hour classes  72 participants Police Training CoPa SRTS Bicycle safety, infrastructure, and enforcement training for PAPD  Three 45-minute presentations Sixth Grade Back to School Bicycle Safety Orientation PAUSD, CoPa SRTS Bicycle safety assembly for all 6th graders  14 one-hour presentations  1029 students Stanford Service Learning Pilot CoPa SRTS, Stanford University Community Engaged Learning staff Worked with “Obesity in America” class to develop Police training module for new bicycle infrastructure and to analyze collision data  12 students Engineering 2012 Bicycle + Pedestrian Transportation Plan Projects Transportation staff, Public Works staff Improvements identified by the community to enhance walking and bicycling  Ongoing design feedback Bicycle Boulevard Program Transportation and Public Works staff Bicycle Boulevard projects that prioritize improvements for school children, pedestrians, and people on bicycles  Ongoing design feedback 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 Palo Alto Information CoPa SRTS Requests for improvements on school routes submitted by the  67 Palo Alto 311 requests since City of Palo Alto Page 5 Requests community October, 2015  Site visits at Addison, Escondido, Gunn, Hoover and Palo Verde 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  In process SRTS Site Assessments CoPA SRTS Generate updated Walk and Roll Maps and document infrastructure needs at 2 schools per year.  Site assessments initiated at Duveneck and Ohlone Enforcement Adult Crossing Guards PAPD Crossing guards for elementary and middle school students at qualifying intersections  29 Crossing Guards Juvenile Diversion Program PAPD, Traffic Safe Communities Network of Santa Clara County “Traffic School” for youth with on-bike citations  32 Participants Monthly Collision Reporting PAPD Bicycle and pedestrian collision data shared monthly with Safe Routes/Transportation staff  Monthly reports Traffic Law Enforcement PAPD Enforcement of traffic laws for both drivers and bicyclists  51 citations (mostly helmet violations) Evaluation Classroom Commute Tallies CoPa SRTS, PAUSD Expanded online collection of commute mode tallies to all PAUSD students  See Table 4 Ongoing Program Evaluation CoPa SRTS Post-program surveys of teachers, administrators, and volunteers  67 Evaluations Parked Bicycle Counts PTA, CoPa SRTS Counts of parked bicycles at all PAUSD schools  See Table 3 Equity Bike, Helmet, & Bike Light CoPa SRTS, PAUSD, PTA, Palo Alto Distributed donated new children’s bikes with helmets,  15 bicycles  300 lights City of Palo Alto Page 6 Giveaways Bicycles, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, Gunn ReCycled coordinated procurement and recruited volunteers to distribute low-cost bike lights at dusk on major biking routes  60 helmets  Local PTA award recognition Bike Repair Bay Area BikeMobile, PTA, CoPa SRTS Free school-based bicycle repair clinics that engage students in hands-on bike repair  10 schools  200 bikes repaired Greendell Programming CoPa SRTS, PAUSD Initiated Train-the-Trainer curriculum development for ESL classes, held walkabouts for Walk and Roll Map production, and began the process of identifying a Safe Routes Champion  1 walkabout Materials Translation Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Spare the Air Youth Staff, CoPa SRTS Translation of educational and evaluation materials into Spanish and Mandarin  2 Documents Translated  150 Mandarin flyers shared at Chinese New Year Festival Source: Planning and Community Environment Department, May 2017 Program Evaluation Our 2016-17 education programs touched approximately 5,860 students, or roughly 49% of total enrollment. For the first time this year, the Eighth Grade Getting to High School program was rolled out at all three middle schools. To further increase outreach and pending staff capacity, 2018 goals will include expanding secondary programming to support opt-in high school educational opportunities, including growing Palo Alto’s participation in the Youth for Environmental Sustainability (YES) Conferences sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Table 2: Safe Routes to School Core Education Program Reach Program Number of Lessons/ Assemblies Number of PAUSD Students Taught K-2 Pedestrian Safety 58 2322 Third Grade Bicycle Life Skills Curriculum 36 863 Fifth Grade Bicycle Refresher 12 978 Sixth Grade Back to School Bicycle Safety Orientation 14 1029 City of Palo Alto Page 7 Eighth Grade Getting to High School Event 3 Est. 786 Total for Education Programs 123 5860 Source: Planning and Community Environment Department, May 2017 Tables 3 and 4 present yearly alternative mode share/shift, calculated by using classroom travel tallies and bike rack counts each fall. Bike rack counts are administered by PTA volunteers calculating the number of parked bikes at their school. Table 3: 2016 Parked Bicycle Counts at PAUSD Schools (See Attachment C:) Source: Planning and Community Environment Department, May 2017 * This is a 1% decrease from last year's count, however the absolute number of bicycles counted is higher than last year's count of 1,487 bicycles. 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. Online tally response rates varied from 13 to 96% at each campus with a mean response of 49%. The following data results were extrapolated to approximate responses from the entire school population. Table 4: 2016 PAUSD Classroom Tally Projection of Mode to School School Type 2016 Parked Bikes % Biking % + or – since 2015-16 Elementary 802 16% +2 Middle 1,508 49% -1* High 1,707 44% +1 Total 4,017 33% +1 Walk (%) Bike (%) Carpool (%) Transit (%) Other* (%) Drive (%) Response Rate % Active Transp. Modeshare % Alternative Mode shift + or – since 2015-16 (%) Elem. 20 15 3 4 4 53 55 46 -1%* City of Palo Alto Page 8 Source: Planning and Community Environment Department, May 2017 * Other includes scooter and skateboard data and was added to the pedestrian totals **This was the first year of data collection for the secondary schools. 2015-16 comparison data is not available. Data Interpretation Weather variations, date of data collection, 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. 2017-18 goals include improving response rates to increase the level of confidence that the data reflects the student population. The 1% change in mode shift for elementary schools is well within the norm of data fluctuations and suggests 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 continues to represent a growth area for the program. As the City enters the construction phase of the neighborhood traffic safety and bicycle boulevard projects this summer, the Partnership’s target for the immediate future will be to sustain alternative mode share numbers, with the anticipation that mode-share will increase as more elements of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan achieve implementation. Discussion Adopted SRTS Goals, 2018-2022 The 2017 Five-Year Work Plan that was reviewed and accepted at the March 16, 2017, City School Traffic Safety Committee (CSTSC) meeting will serve as a roadmap for the program’s continued development. The seven overarching goals of the Five-Year Plan are listed below. The Safe Routes to School Partnership will prioritize Goals 2 and 4, in addition to its ongoing yearly goals and activities. The detailed work plan is presented in Attachment A. 1. Grow & strengthen community-wide support for the SRTS E’s & for safe, active, healthy, sustainable school commutes 2. Update SRTS policies 3. Continue to provide and improve SRTS education in schools and in the greater community 4. Develop and maintain a communications plan to expand our web presence, program, and education materials 5. Evaluate the program regularly and use the data to improve SRTS 6. Engineer safer routes to school Middle 11 58 3 4 2 22 58 78 n/a** High 7 50 6 6 .5 30 33 69.5 n/a** Total 13 41 4 5 3 35 49 64.5 -1% City of Palo Alto Page 9 7. Further integrate SRTS into the Palo Alto Transportation Element and across City departmental functions Goals 1, 2 and 7 stand out as new directions for the partnership. Work toward Goal 1 has begun via collaboration with Palo Alto Medical Foundation Pediatrics and Stanford University. Goal 2 is intended to preserve key practices and knowledge. At the December 9, 2016 Board Policy Review Committee, PAUSD School Board Members directed the Partnership to develop a policy that reflects Palo Alto's status as a national Safe Routes to School leader and model for the region. Goal 7 highlights existing and new areas collaboration within the City for the Safe Routes program, including ensuring that future shuttle service accommodates student school commute needs; improving communications about and conditions on school routes where construction is occurring and collaborating with the Office of Sustainability to assess SRTS outcomes. Policy Implications This program is consistent with key transportation goals in the City’s Comprehensive Plan, including giving priority to facilities, services, and programs that encourage and promote walking and bicycling, and providing a high level of safety for motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists on Palo Alto streets. Specific policies and programs include:  Policy T-14: Improve pedestrian and bicycle access to and between local destinations, including public facilities, schools, parks, open space, employment districts, shopping centers, and multi-modal transit stations.  Policy T-39: To the extent allowed by law, continue to make safety the first priority of citywide transportation planning.  Policy T-40: Continue to prioritize the safety and comfort of children on school travel routes. This includes program T-45, which calls for providing adult crossing guards at school crossings that meet adopted criteria, and T-46, which encourages the City- sponsored bicycle education programs in the public schools. Safe Routes to School policy implications are also compatible with Sustainable Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) goals to reduce single occupancy vehicle use in Palo Alto. Studies show that even a 5% increase in a neighborhood’s walkability can reduce vehicle miles traveled by 6%. This year, the Partnership further supported the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by supporting the Sierra Club’s school-based anti-idling pilot at Hoover Elementary School. 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. City of Palo Alto Page 10 Table 5: SRTS Infrastructure Project Timeline Project School Routes to be Improved Completion Date or Future Construction Start Churchill Ave Enhanced Bikeway, Phase 0 Palo Alto HS Completed April 2016 Cowper/Coleridge High Visibility Crosswalk Walter Hays Completed April 2016 Georgia Ave High Visibility Crosswalk and Bulb- out Terman MS Gunn HS Completed Summer 2016 Park Blvd Early Implementation, Stanford Ave to Cambridge Ave Jordan MS Palo Alto HS Completed Summer 2016 Los Robles Bikeway Enhancements Briones Terman MS Gunn HS Completed Summer 2016 North California Ave 24-hour Bicycle Lanes Jordan MS Palo Alto HS Completed Fall 2016 Middlefield Road Enhanced Bikeway Connection & Sidewalk Widening Jordan MS Palo Alto HS Completed Fall 2016 Cowper/Coleridge Traffic Circle Trial Walter Hays Ongoing Garland Drive Sharrows Jordan MS May 2017 Donald/Arastradero Intersection Spot Improvements Terman MS Summer 2017 Overcrossing/Undercrossing Improvements Jordan MS Palo Alto HS Summer 2017 Amarillo Ave-Moreno Ave Bicycle Boulevard El Carmelo, Ohlone, Palo Verde Summer 2017 Bryant Street Bicycle Boulevard Upgrade Addison, El Carmelo JLS MS Jordan MS Palo Alto HS Gunn HS Summer 2017 Louis Road-Montrose Ave Bicycle Boulevard Fairmeadow JLS MS Gunn HS Summer 2017 Ross Road Bicycle Boulevard El Carmelo, Ohlone, Palo Verde Jordan MS Gunn HS Palo Alto HS Summer 2017 Channing/St. Francis Wayfinding Signage Duveneck September 2017 Charleston/Arastradero Corridor Plan Barron Park, Briones, Hoover, Fairmeadow JLS MS Terman MS Winter 2017/18 City of Palo Alto Page 11 Gunn HS Churchill Ave Enhanced Bikeway, Phase 1 Palo Alto HS Spring 2018 Bryant Street Bicycle Boulevard Extension Fairmeadow, Hoover JLS MS Gunn HS Summer 2018 Maybell Avenue Bicycle Boulevard Briones Terman MS Gunn HS Summer 2018 Park Blvd/Wilkie Way Bicycle Boulevard Barron Park, Briones, Terman MS Gunn HS Summer 2018 East Meadow Drive and Fabian Enhanced Bikeways Fairmeadow, Hoover, Palo Verde JLS MS Gunn HS January 2020 Pending VERBS Funding Source: Planning and Community Environment Department, April 2017 Resource Impacts The Safe Routes to School team currently consists of one full-time and two part-time coordinators for a total of 2.0 FTE (full time equivalents). The Safe Routes to School Fiscal Year 2018 Proposed Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Budget includes $172,789 for the Safe Routes to School CIP Project, PL-00026, and proposes funding through Fiscal Year 2022, for a five year total of $1.55 million for this project. The CIP project allows for strategic investments in school route safety infrastructure, such as crosswalks, pedestrian flashing beacons, improved signage, and street markings. Projects that appear in the City’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), and are financed through various means, including the Street Maintenance Program, the Bicycle + Pedestrian Transportation Plan Implementation Program, and the Safe Routes to School Program. The Safe Routes to School CIP project is partially funded from the Gas Tax Fund. Environmental Review This agenda item is for the purpose of obtaining City Council input and is not a “project” requiring review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Attachments: Attachment A: Final SRTS Five-Year Work Plan (DOCX) Attachment B: The 6 E's of Safe Routes to School (PDF) Attachment C: 2016 Secondary Bike Count Graphs (PDF) PALO ALTO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP FIVE-YEAR WORKPLAN OVERVIEW* *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. OUR MISSION To enhance & sustain the City / PAUSD / PTA community partnership to reduce risk to students en route to & from school & to encourage more families to choose healthy, active, sustainable alternatives to driving solo more often. SEVEN GOALS YEAR 1 STRATEGIES TO ACCOMPLISH GOALS: 7/1/17-6/30/18 YEARS 2-5 STRATEGIES TO ACCOMPLISH GOALS: 7/1/18-6/30/22 Grow & strengthen community- wide support for the SRTS E’s & for safe, active, healthy, sustainable school commutes Update SRTS policies Continue to provide and improve SRTS education in schools and in the greater community Develop and maintain a communications plan to expand our web presence, program and education materials Evaluate the program regularly and use the data to improve SRTS Engineer safer routes to school Further integrate SRTS into the Palo Alto Transportation Element and across City departmental functions Build out two service learning education, evaluation and enforcement projects with Stanford Complete two site assessments and update Walk and Roll Maps Update City Comprehensive Plan policies Develop a process to assess transportation impacts from school attendance, boundary changes and overflow Expand crossing guard evaluation and reporting mechanisms Develop a process for integrating SRTS in all current and long-range planning efforts Participate in countywide SRTS data pilot Integrate Statewide Traffic System (SWITRS) data into SRTS Pilot online travel tally Increase Spanish and Mandarin materials Develop SRTS educational posters Develop SRTS Public Service Announcements Expand middle and high school Youth for Environmental Sustainability Conference Participation Develop SRTS back to school night presentation materials Research charity bike rides and potential SRTS involvement Work toward PAUSD SRTS policy adoption Create a manual of best practices or enduring systems for transferring SRTS knowledge Develop a bell time change MOU Improve opt-in educational offerings for secondary students, including bike repair workshops Expand educational programming to serve PAUSD preschool and adult programs Implement website enhancements and editing procedures Build out carpool and bussing resources Develop incident response and special needs communication materials Develop middle and high school SRTS travel tally data outcomes Develop a PAUSD parent survey Develop innovative ways of sharing program outcomes, including data maps and infographics Evaluate participant demographics 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 ONGOING STRATEGIES TO ACCOMPLISH GOALS Goal 1: Grow and strengthen community -wide support for the six E’s-based SRTS program and for safe, active, healthy, sustainable school commutes  Support Spring and Fall Walk & Roll Week, Bike to Work Day and Bike Palo Alto!  Maintain teams at each school site  Advocate for rebuilding the PAPD traffic team  Inspire action and educate potential leaders about public process and governance  Support uniform patrols to encourage and enforce compliance with existing laws  Mesh parent messages with student educational programming  Revisit, renew and confirm the roles of the Partnership, as needed Goal 2: Update SRTS policies  Develop, advance, & institutionalize compatible policies across the Partnership & gather best practices from elsewhere to reflect the SRTS vision: To connect transportation with safe, healthy community designs that increase physical activity opportunities for children, families, & schools Goal 3: Continue to provide and improve SRTS education delivered to the schools and in the greater community  Maintain K-2, 3rd, 5th & 6th grade in-class educational offerings  Cultivate a community of parents and others to build a network of skilled leaders for in-school education  Support active transportation events during the year by setting up information tables, assisting families with route planning and responding to infrastructure concerns  Optimize current educational programs at each grade level to match student capabilities Goal 4: Develop and maintain a communications plan to expand our web presence, program and education materials  Communicate the value of bicycling, walking, and transit  Communicate program activities and successes to the broader community  Promote a “no-guilt approach” to encourage participation via all transportation modes.  Use Walk and Roll Maps and “Safety Tips for Peds/Bikes/Drivers” as part of messaging  Continue using purposeful incentives to increase SRTS participation Goal 5: Evaluate the program regularly and use the data to improve SRTS  Conduct yearly travel tallies, bike counts and manage data requests  Incorporate traffic and engineering data into mode split and modal share assessments  Ensure PAUSD administrators know the purpose of data collection and share the data in a way that does not compare schools Goal 6: Engineer safer routes to school  Respond to Palo Alto 311 requests and conduct community site visits  Assist with Bicycle Boulevard program treatments  Provide materials and education about new infrastructure improvements  Advocate as a Partnership for the rapid implementation of bike network, bike boulevards and arterial projects Goal 7: Further integrate SRTS into the Palo Alto Transportation Element and across City departmental functions  Support the build-out of the City of Palo Alto Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan  Assist with TDM initiatives to reduce reliance on single-occupant vehicles  Provide students, family and community members with transit system information and offer guidance on proposed transit changes  Promote walking and bicycling and model the behavior through daily transportation decisions  Assist with plans to develop a more efficient roadway network for families choosing active transportation  Use the City School Traffic Safety Committee as a forum to support a transportation system with minimal impacts on residential neighborhoods  Collaborate with local agencies, including public works, utilities, law enforcement and district officials to maintain a high level of safety for motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists  Ensure that the City Shuttle effectively serves students The 6 E’S of Safe Routes to School: A Comprehensive Approach to Problem Solving Encouragement: Organize events and activities to promote walking, bicycling and other alternatives to driving solo. Education: Teach children and families about the range of transportation options and traffic safety skills. Engineering: Plan and implement operational and physical infrastructure improvements to school commute infrastructure to create a safer environment for youth who walk and bike to school. Equity: Support safe active, healthy school commute opportunities for all: • Understand and address obstacles • Enable access • Ensure safe and equitable outcomes for all students Enforcement: Partner with PAPD to ensure road users obey traffic laws, and provide community enforcement such as crossing guard programs. Evaluation: Monitor and research outcomes and trends through the collection of data. PAUSD Secondary Schools Parked Bicycles, 1985 – 2016        PAUSD Secondary Schools Parked Bicycles, 1985 – 2016