This document summarizes efforts in Santa Monica to promote walking and biking to school through the Bike It! Walk It! program. It discusses:
1) Growth in the program since 2007, with participation increasing from hundreds to thousands of students biking and walking to 14 schools.
2) Elements of the program including education, encouragement, enforcement, engineering, and evaluation that aim to increase physical activity and traffic safety while improving air quality.
3) Specific initiatives like Bike It! Walk It! days, walking school buses, route maps, and a student-led bike club that teach skills and promote biking/walking as fun.
This document presents a plan to improve bikeability at Arizona State University in order to promote sustainability and help the university achieve its climate neutrality goals. It identifies several problems with the current bike infrastructure and facilities, including a lack of clear pedestrian traffic rules leading to congestion, unsafe conditions, insufficient and overcrowded bike racks, high bike theft and damage, and a lack of incentives for biking. The objectives are to highlight problematic areas on campus through data collection, address safety issues, improve bike storage, and better connect off-campus routes to reduce commuter emissions. Implementing solutions to optimize the bike infrastructure could significantly increase ridership and move the university closer to its sustainability targets.
This document provides guidance for teaching first-time cyclists how to ride a bike. It outlines the target audiences for bike lessons which include women, low-income groups, families, and active living programs. It describes how to prepare for a lesson by bringing bikes and safety equipment, adjusting bikes for students, and teaching balance and pedaling techniques. The overall goal is to encourage cycling as transportation and recreation by educating thousands of new riders each year.
Activating Your Active Tourism Potential
Towns, cities, states and provinces are making major efforts to establish themselves as active travel destinations with a strong sense of place and local character. This fast-moving, interactive workshop will feature examples from the U.S., Canada, Australia and Europe on how to create great destinations, connect with agencies, and convert active travel's popularity into better biking and walking for locals.
Presenters:
Presenter: Jim Sayer Adventure Cycling Association
The document summarizes an advocacy workshop hosted by Advocacy Advance. It discusses various grant opportunities available through Advocacy Advance to support bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations, including startup grants, innovation grants, model grants, and rapid response grants. Examples are provided of organizations that have received these grants to build capacity, support innovative programs, serve as models for other organizations, and respond to advocacy needs. The workshop also featured presentations from organizations that have received Advocacy Advance grants, including BikeWalkKC, Bike Pittsburgh, and Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, discussing how they have used grant funds.
The document discusses funding and advocacy strategies for multimodal transportation projects that support walking, biking, and public transit. It provides an overview of various federal funding programs that can support these projects and recommends collaborating in multimodal coalitions, using data-driven targeting of supporters, and building political power to influence decision makers and win ballot initiatives for dedicated funding. The final section encourages attendees to utilize additional resources from Advocacy Advance on navigating funding programs, reporting best practices, and applying for implementation grants.
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1) An overview of the presentation given by Dr. Suja Lowenthal on the City of Long Beach's process to create a downtown plan through extensive community visioning and input. This resulted in design principles and an increased focus on walkability.
2) A description of the Long Beach visioning process led by Michael Bohn, which included community workshops and comparative city studies to create a vision statement and preliminary design concepts.
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This document presents a plan to improve bikeability at Arizona State University in order to promote sustainability and help the university achieve its climate neutrality goals. It identifies several problems with the current bike infrastructure and facilities, including a lack of clear pedestrian traffic rules leading to congestion, unsafe conditions, insufficient and overcrowded bike racks, high bike theft and damage, and a lack of incentives for biking. The objectives are to highlight problematic areas on campus through data collection, address safety issues, improve bike storage, and better connect off-campus routes to reduce commuter emissions. Implementing solutions to optimize the bike infrastructure could significantly increase ridership and move the university closer to its sustainability targets.
This document provides guidance for teaching first-time cyclists how to ride a bike. It outlines the target audiences for bike lessons which include women, low-income groups, families, and active living programs. It describes how to prepare for a lesson by bringing bikes and safety equipment, adjusting bikes for students, and teaching balance and pedaling techniques. The overall goal is to encourage cycling as transportation and recreation by educating thousands of new riders each year.
Activating Your Active Tourism Potential
Towns, cities, states and provinces are making major efforts to establish themselves as active travel destinations with a strong sense of place and local character. This fast-moving, interactive workshop will feature examples from the U.S., Canada, Australia and Europe on how to create great destinations, connect with agencies, and convert active travel's popularity into better biking and walking for locals.
Presenters:
Presenter: Jim Sayer Adventure Cycling Association
The document summarizes an advocacy workshop hosted by Advocacy Advance. It discusses various grant opportunities available through Advocacy Advance to support bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations, including startup grants, innovation grants, model grants, and rapid response grants. Examples are provided of organizations that have received these grants to build capacity, support innovative programs, serve as models for other organizations, and respond to advocacy needs. The workshop also featured presentations from organizations that have received Advocacy Advance grants, including BikeWalkKC, Bike Pittsburgh, and Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, discussing how they have used grant funds.
The document discusses funding and advocacy strategies for multimodal transportation projects that support walking, biking, and public transit. It provides an overview of various federal funding programs that can support these projects and recommends collaborating in multimodal coalitions, using data-driven targeting of supporters, and building political power to influence decision makers and win ballot initiatives for dedicated funding. The final section encourages attendees to utilize additional resources from Advocacy Advance on navigating funding programs, reporting best practices, and applying for implementation grants.
Cycle Oregon provides grants from its $2 million fund to support projects in communities where its bicycle tours travel through and for statewide bicycling advocacy. It distributes around $100,000 annually in grants and gives approximately $130,000 yearly to communities that host its summer and September tours to help with event planning and volunteer support from residents, which are critical to the tours' success.
This document summarizes a presentation on good urbanism and fronting the public right of way. It includes:
1) An overview of the presentation given by Dr. Suja Lowenthal on the City of Long Beach's process to create a downtown plan through extensive community visioning and input. This resulted in design principles and an increased focus on walkability.
2) A description of the Long Beach visioning process led by Michael Bohn, which included community workshops and comparative city studies to create a vision statement and preliminary design concepts.
3) The presentation was part of a larger event on good urbanism and fronting the public right of way, with the third presenter being Stephanie Reich from
The document discusses proposed updates to a city's zoning regulations regarding bicycle parking. It aims to increase the quantity and quality of bicycle parking required for new developments to better support the city's goal of 10% of trips by bicycle. The proposed changes would modify definitions, design standards, access requirements, and quantities of both long-term secured and short-term bicycle parking. It also allows for special permit modifications to requirements to accommodate new ideas and technologies.
The document summarizes the history and goals of the Safe Routes to School program. It began in the 1970s in Denmark and Britain where implementing traffic calming measures and non-motorized transportation networks led to significant reductions in child pedestrian casualties. Similar programs developed in North America. The goals of Safe Routes to School are to increase physical activity and improve safety for walking and biking to school through infrastructure, enforcement, education, and encouragement programs. New Jersey's program has funded over $30 million in infrastructure projects and expanded resources through partnerships with Transportation Management Associations.
This document provides an overview and assessment of bicycling conditions across Arizona State University's four campuses: Tempe, Downtown Phoenix, West/Thunderbird, and Polytechnic. It was created by an urban planning capstone class to develop ASU's first Bicycle Master Plan. The document describes the bicycle infrastructure, culture, and maps of each campus. It also discusses how the plan integrates with other university and local transportation plans and their goals of promoting bicycling and sustainability. The plan adopts the League of American Bicyclists' "6 E's" approach to create a comprehensive bicycling program.
This document summarizes a presentation on sustainable transportation options for colleges and universities. It discusses:
- The importance of transportation planning given the diverse transportation needs on a college campus. Limited parking can encourage alternative transportation use.
- Examples of sustainable transportation programs at various colleges, including bike sharing, shuttle services, and car sharing.
- Frameworks for colleges to quantify and obtain recognition for their sustainability efforts, including Clean Air Counts and the STARS framework for benchmarking transportation benchmarks.
- Resources available to colleges for implementing bike, transit, rideshare, and other sustainable transportation programs.
Educating Future Leaders: D.C. Public Schools Bicycle Education ProgramFionnuala Quinn
Presentation: Educating Future Leaders - Collaborate Efforts for Social Change: An Analysis of the D. C. Public Schools Second Grade
Bicycle Education Program. Presented at 2016 Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place Conference in Vancouver, BC. Presenters:
Leigh Ann Von Hagen, Research Project Manager, Voorhees Transportation Center, Rutgers University
Rick Holt, Senior Trainer/Consultant, George Mason University
Mary Butcher, Associate, The Bureau of Good Roads
Fionnuala Quinn, Director, The Bureau of Good Roads
November 2013 Policy Advisory Committee MeetingDaina Lujan
Safe Routes to School Coordinator, Daina Lujan provides highlights of the year end report, quarterly updates, and reviews the Draft 14-15 Grant Application. Ken Chin of the City of San Mateo speaks to the power of partnerships.
This document provides an overview and update on various active transportation programs run by TransLink and VACC. It discusses the Bike to Work Week program, Bike to School initiatives, Streetwise cycling courses, TravelSmart programs, Great Rides recreational rides, and plans for future Vancouver LiveStreets events. Evaluation results found programs increased cycling rates and educated many students and adults. Recommendations include expanding programs, better integrating with partners, and improving data collection.
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The Eugene-Springfield Safe Routes to School program is a community effort funded by ODOT to encourage active transportation to school through encouragement, education, engineering, enforcement and evaluation. A team was formed involving city, school district, university and community members to address walkability and bikeability. The program holds events like Walk and Bike to School Day, provides safety education, works on infrastructure improvements, and evaluates activities through surveys.
This document provides information about the Active Routes to School program in North Carolina. It serves 8 counties in Region 1 including Jackson, Graham, Clay, Cherokee, Swain, Macon, Haywood and Transylvania. The program goals are to increase walking and biking to school through education, encouragement, enforcement and engineering programs. It highlights some successful programs including a weekly walking program in Cullowhee Valley School and a summer biking program in Clay County. The program has led to increased participation in Walk to School and Bike to School days since starting in 2014.
The document summarizes transportation initiatives in Boulder, Colorado aimed at reducing car usage and emissions. Boulder has promoted biking, walking and public transit to achieve a work mode share of 12% biking and over 10% walking. Initiatives include expanding the bike network to over 160 miles, a bikeshare program with over 100 stations, and a focus on pedestrian safety with sidewalk improvements. Going forward, Boulder aims to reach a biking mode share over 15% and evaluations of projects like cycle tracks and bike boulevards to further promote sustainable transportation.
Safe Routes to School Coordinator, Daina Lujan highlights International Walk to School Day and San Mateo County Safe Routes to School approved providers highlight services available to San Mateo County Schools
The document proposes a plan to increase bicycle commuting among high school students in Madison, Wisconsin. It begins with an outline of the potential benefits of biking to school, including reduced pollution, greenhouse gases, obesity, and car crashes. A preliminary survey found that most students at James Madison Memorial High School live within 2 miles of school and get there by car. The proposed plan would gather more data, educate students on biking benefits, enable biking through infrastructure and discounts, encourage biking with incentives, and assess the program's success in increasing biking rates. Partners like bike shops and organizations could help implement and expand the program.
This document summarizes several case studies of initiatives that successfully increased cycling rates:
1. Edinburgh Cycle Co-op case study showed rates increasing from 0% to 20%, surpassing the Scottish Executive's 2020 target of 10%. Quality cycle training and cycle maps were provided.
2. St Ninians Primary School case study showed rates increasing from 1% to 18% after implementing widespread 20mph speed limits and providing cycle training through the Scottish Cycle Training Scheme.
3. Research from the UK and Europe found that extensive 20mph zones were strongly associated with higher walking and cycling rates. Quality cycle training programs like Bikeability in England also led to large increases in cycling rates, distances traveled, and safety perceptions
The document summarizes bicycling initiatives and programs at UCLA from 2005 to 2012. It discusses improvements made to bicycle infrastructure and amenities on campus, including doubling the number of bike racks, creating a Bicycle Center, and providing shower access and rental bikes. Goals of promoting bicycling safety and use on campus have been pursued through education programs, bike sharing, and efforts to enhance off-campus infrastructure. UCLA has earned a Bronze designation as a Bicycle Friendly University in recognition of its efforts.
Mayor Karl Dean discusses the importance of active transportation and its role in public health. He notes that Americans spend most of their time indoors and in cars, leading to sedentary lifestyles. The document outlines strategies to make walking and biking more accessible and convenient forms of transportation, including safe routes to school programs, complete streets design, and prioritizing active transportation in regional planning projects. The goal is to create healthier communities by integrating physical activity into daily transportation.
STEP Conference 2015 - Stuart Hay, Living Streets - Walking: Can Simple Steps...STEP_scotland
1. Living Streets Scotland aims to promote walking through initiatives like their Walk to School project, community audits, and policy expertise.
2. Their Walk Once a Week program encourages active travel to school through fun badges and activities. Over 20,000 Scottish pupils regularly participate, and evaluations found increases in active travel rates and decreases in car use.
3. Behavior change is key to reducing emissions from transport. Material factors like infrastructure and individual perceptions must change alongside social norms through positive messaging on health and community empowerment. Targeting the school run can establish lifelong habits for active travel.
A presentation given at the 2016 Traffic Safety Conference during Breakout Session 11: Safety Cities. By Karen Peoples, Traffic Safety Program Specialist, Lubbock District, Texas Department of Transportation
MOVE Congress 2017 plenary presentation by Jonathan Hooshmand (University of Miami KiDZ Neuroscience Center, USA) on 6 October: Encouraging Safe and Active Transportation to School.
The Safe Routes to School program aims to increase walking and biking to school through education, encouragement, enforcement, engineering, and evaluation. Fewer children now walk or bike to school, resulting in issues like obesity, traffic injuries, and air pollution. The program partners with schools and agencies to provide safety lessons, events, infrastructure improvements, and enforcement. Evaluation through surveys shows the program has increased non-motorized school transportation but more parent involvement is still needed. Future plans include expanding to more schools and focusing on assemblies, after school programs, and recruiting parent volunteers.
The survey found that most students get to and from school by family vehicle. There is an opportunity to shift modes and reduce car trips through improvements and incentives. The report estimates a potential reduction of 2,000 car trips daily or 670,000 miles driven per year by increasing walking, biking, bus ridership and carpooling. Top issues reported along routes were unsafe driver behavior and poor sidewalk conditions. The survey supports prioritizing improvements to make active transportation safer and more attractive.
Title: Level of Service F for Grade A Streets
Track: Prosper
Format: 90 minute panel
Abstract: Relying solely on Level of Service criteria for street design, which evaluates vehicle congestion, leads to poor outcomes on many of our roadways. LOS F, far from a failure, creates opportunities to reallocate roadway space for more livable street designs. In this session, learn about projects in Cambridge and San Francisco that overcame opposition and generated community support in prioritizing better bicycling and walking over vehicle capacity during the peak hour of travel.
Presenters:
Presenter: Michael Sallaberry San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Co-Presenter: Jeffrey Rosenblum City of Cambridge, MA
Title: A Systematic Approach to Bicycle Parking Planning for Cities
Track: Connect
Format: 60 minute panel
Abstract: Cambridge, MA and Washington, DC have taken a strategic approach to bicycle parking. This session will focus on their planning tools and lessons learned from both the public and private sector.
Presenters:
Presenter: Megan Kanagy Downtown DC Business Improvement District
Co-Presenter: Daniel Clark Dero Bike Rack Company
Co-Presenter: Jeffrey Rosenblum City of Cambridge, MA
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Participants will learn about the Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities.
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Co-Presenter: Brian Hare PennDOT Program Center
Co-Presenter: Mary Raulerson Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Title: Not Your Grandfather's DOT: The FDOT District 5 and PennDOT Experiences
Track: Connect
Format: 90 minute moderated discussion
Abstract: Today's economic realities require the rethinking of conventional transportation approaches. Learn about how Florida and Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation are using new tools, policies, and guides to proactively plan multi-modal transportation solutions.
Presenters:
Presenter: Jane Lim-Yap Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Co-Presenter: Steven Deck Parsons Brinckerhoff
Co-Presenter: Brian Hare PennDOT Program Center
Co-Presenter: Mary Raulerson Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Title: Transportation Studies in the 21st Century: Incorporating all Modes
Track: Sustain
Format: 90 minute panel
Abstract: In the 21st century, the basic purpose of transportation studies needs to change from making it easier to drive to giving people options other than driving. This session will present case studies of alternatives to the auto-dominated Level of Service traffic impact studies in order to better address bicycling, transit and walking.
Presenters:
Presenter: Michelle DeRobertis Transportation Choices for Sustainable Communities
Co-Presenter: Peter Albert San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Co-Presenter: Patrick Lynch Transpo Group
Co-Presenter: David Thompson City of Boulder, Colorado
Title: Transportation Studies in the 21st Century: Incorporating all Modes
Track: Sustain
Format: 90 minute panel
Abstract: In the 21st century, the basic purpose of transportation studies needs to change from making it easier to drive to giving people options other than driving. This session will present case studies of alternatives to the auto-dominated Level of Service traffic impact studies in order to better address bicycling, transit and walking.
Presenters:
Presenter: Michelle DeRobertis Transportation Choices for Sustainable Communities
Co-Presenter: Peter Albert San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Co-Presenter: Patrick Lynch Transpo Group
Co-Presenter: David Thompson City of Boulder, Colorado
Title: Integrating a Health Impact Assessment into District-Wide School Travel Planning
Track: Prosper
Format: 60 minute panel
Abstract: Learn about how a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) was used for the first time to guide the formulation of the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Columbus City Schools District-Wide School Travel Plan, which focused on schools and neighborhoods with health inequities.
Presenters:
Presenter: Brian Butler Columbus Public Health
Co-Presenter: Kate Moening Safe Routes to School National Partnership
Co-Presenter: Alex Smith Columbus Public Health
Co-Presenter: Julie Walcoff Ohio DOT
Title: Safer People, Safer Streets, and Safer Policies at USDOT
Track: Connect
Format: 90 minute moderated discussion
Abstract: This USDOT panel will provide details on the Department’s new bicycle and pedestrian safety initiative, including information on the Ped-Bike Safety Action Agenda, Road Safety for Transit Patrons initiative, bike-walk assessments, Road Diet Guide, an aggressive research agenda, and local partnerships, including how community members can get involved.
Presenters:
Presenter: Barbara McCann Office of Secretary, USDOT
Co-Presenter: Heidi Coleman National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Co-Presenter: Dan Goodman Office of Human Environment, Livability Team, FHWA
Co-Presenter: Joanne Waszczak Special Assistant, FTA Office of Budget and Policy
Title: Transportation Studies in the 21st Century: Incorporating all Modes
Track: Sustain
Format: 90 minute panel
Abstract: In the 21st century, the basic purpose of transportation studies needs to change from making it easier to drive to giving people options other than driving. This session will present case studies of alternatives to the auto-dominated Level of Service traffic impact studies in order to better address bicycling, transit and walking.
Presenters:
Presenter: Michelle DeRobertis Transportation Choices for Sustainable Communities
Co-Presenter: Peter Albert San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Co-Presenter: Patrick Lynch Transpo Group
Co-Presenter: David Thompson City of Boulder, Colorado
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Transportation Studies in the 21st Century: Incorporating all Modes
#65 Bike it! Walk it! The Next Generation on the Move in Santa Monica - Kendall
1. Bike it! Walk it! Santa Monica’s
Next Generation on the Move
Pro Walk Pro Bike
Sept 12, 2012
2. Introductions
Alison Kendall, Kendall Planning + Design
Tara Griffith, Samohi Solar Alliance, Student
Gabriel Schier, SMASH Bike Club, Student
Peter Dzewaltowski, City of Santa Monica
School staff
PTSA
3. Community Success story:
Bike it! Walk it! Days
• 2007- Samohi Bike it Day
• 2009- Middle Schools join
• Board of Ed SRTS Resolution
• 2010 10 schools with over 25% of
trips car-free.
2011 14 schools with over 30% car
free
2012 14 schools with over 35%
car free
8. 2. Traffic Safety
Where it’s safe, get kids walking and biking
Where it’s not safe, make changes
9. 3. Air Quality
• Measurably better around schools with more
walkers and cyclists
• Main student motivator: Environmental concerns
10. 1. Education: Bike Skills Class
Teach bike skills
Create traffic safety
awareness
Foster life-long safety
habits
Includes parents,
students and staff
2010-present
11. 2. Encouragement
Increase popularity
of walking and biking
Is an easy way to
start SRTS
programs
Emphasize fun of
walking and biking
12. 3. Enforcement: Crossing
Guards
Increase awareness
of pedestrians and
bicyclists
Improve driver
behavior
Help children follow
traffic rules
Decrease parent
perceptions of danger
13. 4. Engineering: SRTS input
Create safer, more
accessible settings
for walking and
biking
Bicycle Action Plan
improvements
Safe Routes to
School Workshops
14. 5. Evaluation
Is the program making a difference?
JAMS data Oct 2010 to 2011
100%
90%
80% Drove
70% Scooter
60% Bus
50% Carpool
40%
Bike
30%
Walk
20%
10%
0%
2010 2011
15. Lincoln MS, JAMS, SAMOHI
Participation – Spring 2009-11
450
400
350
300
250 skate
bus
200 bike
walk
150
100
50
0
Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln JAMS JAMS JAMS SaMoHi SaMoHi SaMoHi
2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011
16. Lincoln vs JAMS Bike it Walk it Day:
Santa Monica High School
(Pouring Rain vs Sun) Oct 2011
100%
90%
80%
70%
Drove
60% Scooter
50% Bus
Carpool
40%
Bike
30% Walk
20%
10%
0%
Lincoln 2011 JAMS 2011
18. Helmet use decline, biking increases
JAMS Helmet use since 2009 down to 61% from
75%, Lincoln use down to 70% from 85%
High School Rate 25%-45%, Elementary 64-
100%
90%
80%
70%
60% 2009
50% 2010
40%
2011
30%
20% 2012
10%
0%
JAMS Helmets Lincoln Helmets
19. Develop a Safe Routes
Action Plan
Identify priorities
Roles: City,
District, School,
Parent, Student
Resources
Access during
Construction and
Beyond
20. Lincoln Middle School Project Overview
Principal: Suzanne Webb
Scope of Work: Replace one-story west wing
with new two-story building including library,
classrooms, chorus room and science labs.
Modernize second floor of main building into new
classrooms and science labs.
Architect: DLR Group/WWCOT
CHPS: 44 CHPS points targeted (District goal is
29 points)
Square Feet:
New Construction: 33,302 SF
Modernization: 7,928 SF
Demolition: 12,694 SF
Construction Budget: $17,524,000
Relocatables: Completed
Technology: Completed
Modernization of Building E: Completed
Replacement of Classroom Building C and Site
Improvements: 1st quarter 2012 – 4th quarter
2013
4.23.1
21. Lincoln Middle School – Project Overview
(Alternative) Replace Field Resurfaced Tennis
Courts
Reconfigured
Entrance Reconfigured Fire
Lane & Parking
Modernization of 2nd
New Floor
Classroom Classrooms & Science
Building Labs
Relocatables
New Courtyard and
Entry 4.23.1
24. Bike Racks and Bike Access
Samohi: 100 bike capacity Bike it! Day 250 bikes
Lincoln : 50 bikes capacity; Bike it day: 100 bikes.
SMASH: 6 bikes capacity: Bike it Day: 80 bikes
33. Student Leadership in middle and
high schools
Make it relevant
Encourage students
to take ownership
Mentor student
leaders
Civic engagement
Make it cool and fun!
42. School Based Bike and
Pedestrian Training-2012-13
JAMS, Lincoln MS + 2 Elementary Schools
Walking School Buses and Bike Trains
Personal, Pedestrian and Bike Safety
Workshops for students and parents
Walk/Bicycle Safety Education in PE class
Curriculum and Instructional Materials
48. Ongoing Programs
Bike it! Walk it! Days in October and May
SRTS Task Forces at schools under construction
PTA Bike Helmet Promotion, Bike Skills Workshops
Smart Ways to School Outreach
Still Needed:
Affordable Bikes and Repair Options
More Bike Parking at every school
Ongoing funding and SRTS Coordination
50. The Samohi Solar Alliance
A student-run, grass roots
nonprofit working to inspire
environmental awareness,
education, and tangible change
Over 800 passionate students,
faculty, alumni, parents, and
community organizations
SSA consists of four subdivisions:
Education (Environmental
Seminars)
Structural Changes (Solar
Panels and Recycling)
Outreach (Public Contact)
Events (BIKE IT!)
51. Bike It!
Basics
SSA took action to challenge the car culture on
campus.
The resulting initiative took the form of two major “Bike
It” events each year
Collaboration with the PTA, school board, the city of
Santa Monica, and local businesses
52.
53. A campus sensation at Samohi!
One day where alternative transportation is fully
appreciated
All participants receive a popsicle during lunch
celebration
54.
55.
56. Success!
40% of school participates
Tremendous growth:
25 bikes average on rack in 2007
Over 100 bikes average in 2010
Gets students out of their car for the
first time to experience how fun and
easy biking or walking can be,
57. And Not So
Successful...
Lack of Helmets
Difficulty in making Bike-it! Day on
the same date across the district
Weather
58. A Growing Movement
• Expansion to other schools in the
district
• First event had over 800
participants in middle school level
• Greater goals would be to spread
Bike It! movement throughout the
country
• Organizing middle school
seminars to bring awareness
about the environment
59.
60.
61. Three Steps to
student-led Bike SMASH Bike Club
Training
Step 1: What do we
want?
-Promote health and
safety
-Encourage walking and
biking to school
62. Three Steps to
student-led Bike SMASH Bike Club
Training
Step 2: What do we
need?
-7th grade Bike it Blog
-Bike it/Walk It day
shows need for bike
safety training
63. Three Steps to
student-led Bike SMASH Bike Club
Training
Step 3: How do we
get there?
-Permission: Teachers
and Principal
-$$$: PTSA
-Awareness: Getting
parents and students
Interested through
campus presence
(Tables at events, flyers,
newsletter blogs)
64. SMASH Bike Club
Challenges and
Successes
Preparation
Curriculum
Finding student teaching
staff/teacher supervisors
Classroom visits/sign-up
days
Challenges
Scheduling
Location
Membership
65. SMASH Bike Club
Challenges and
Successes
Successes
-3 kids off training
wheels
-Higher elementary
participation on 2nd bike
day due to increased
parent support
66. SMASH Bike Club
The Future
Get ‘em young
Continuity
-New leadership needs to be in
place before old leadership
leaves
Membership
-As extra-curricular activity it is
hard to find enough members
-Attach bike club to established
events at school
67. SMASH Bike Club
The Future
Cooperation
Schools
-Middle schools working
together
-Middle and high schools
working together
Off-campus Support
-Working with school district
and city to take students off
campus after school and
take student-led training to
the next level
68. City of Santa Monica’s Role
Policy Development
LUCE & Bicycle Action Plan
Infrastructure Enhancements
Bike Center & Beach Bicycle
Campus
Promote Safety &
Encouragement Activities
Support of Bike it! Walk it!
Days
School Coordination & Program
Sustainability
Participation in SRTS
Workshops
School Construction
Funding Resources