|
|
|
Non-infrastructure projects - projects include education, enforcement, and encouragement efforts. Education efforts include teaching children about bicycling and walking safety skills, the health effects of walking and biking, the impact to the environment, the broad range of transportation choices, and events and activities that promote walking and biking to school safely. Enforcement efforts include ensuring that traffic laws are obeyed (including enforcement of speeds, yielding to pedestrians in crossings and proper walking and bicycling behaviors, and initiating community enforcement activities. Encouragement includes bike-, pedestrian, and school-related giveaways and other materials. Following are examples of these kinds of projects:
Education
- Implementation/distribution of educational curricula in the classroom,
- Pedestrian safety field trips,
- Implementing/distributing interactive pedestrian/bicycle safety video game (ex: FHWA's "Safer Journey," National Safety Council's "Step to Safety".),
- Events and activities such as: bicycle rodeos, Walk and Bike to School Day activities, school assemblies, walking school buses, bike trains, etc.
- Substitute teachers to cover faculty attending SRTS events during school hours,
- Stipends for parent or staff coordinators; (typically to reimburse volunteers for materials and expenses needed for coordination and efforts; "Super-volunteer" pay is possible in rare cases.),
- Costs to employ a SRTS program manager to run a SRTS program for an entire city, county, or other area-wide division that includes numerous schools,
- Consultant costs (either nonprofit or for-profit) to manage a SRTS program, as described in previous bullet.
Enforcement
- Equipment and training needed for establishing a crossing guard program,
- Provide regular training for crossing guards,
- Law enforcement or equipment needed for enforcement activities,
- Targeted driver actions at crosswalks and intersections,
- Vehicle speed feedback signs (mobile only, subject to approval),
- Neighborhood watch programs,
- Photo enforcement.
Encouragement
- Mileage clubs
- Bicycle helmet giveaways and fittings
|
|
|
