Introducing the new Oregon Safe Routes to School website, created for the Oregon SRTS Program through a grant with the Sustainable Oregon Schools Initiative (SOSI) non-profit. This is a statewide approach to SRTS information, with specific resources and stories from Oregon communities. 

 

Welcome to the new Oregon Safe Routes to School website: www.oregonsaferoutes.org

 

Here you will find information and examples of the components of a comprehensive Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program: Encouragement, Education, Enforcement, Engineering and Evaluation. There are also specific resources and stories from communities throughout Oregon. 

  

Complete the Oregon Action Plan Template

An approved Action Plan must be received for every school K-8 that is affected by the project proposal at the time of application. The Plan initiates evaluation and community involvement activities that prepare the school to seek SRTS project funds through the state program, or to implement SRTS projects and activities with other funding sources.

 

2011 Oregon SRTS Action Plan Template 

Student Tally Form

Parent Survey Form

Encuesta Sobre Caminar y Andar En Bicicleta a la Escuela - Para Padres

Walkability Assessment

Bikeability Assessment

 

Student Hand Tally and Parent Survey forms 

The National Center for Safe Routes to School clearinghouse is the source for the forms. If you cannot download the forms from this webpage, the hand tally, parent survey, form instructions and data tools descriptions are available at www.saferoutesinfo.org or under the NCSRTS Resources (Evaluation) topic. The returned tally forms and survey forms may be input directly online at http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/data-central or you may opt to mail in your surveys to the national SRTS clearinghouse. For more information, visit the NCSRTS Resources (Evaluation) topic.

 

Recommendations developed from the Action Plan will range from infrastructure improvements to programmatic actions (education and encouragement, and enforcement). The SRTS Program highly encourages infrastructure project applicants to also consider non-infrastructure (education, enforcement, evaluation) components.

 

 

Oregon Safe Routes to School Pedestrian Curriculum Neighborhood Navigators is an Oregon Safe Routes to School Curriculum that teaches grades k-3 pedestrian safety education and encourages students grades 4-8 to look at their travel options and their impacts to the community. It is divided into the Introduction and three modules, grades K-3, grades 4-5, and grades 6-8. The educational content of Neighborhood Navigators is aligned with Oregon Education Standards for the appropriate grade, and many of the lessons meet other subject standards. You are welcome to download the curriculum.

 

Introduction (pdf)

 

K-3 (pdf)

Workbook  (pdf)

Workbook -Spanish (pdf)

 

4-5 (pdf)

Workbook (pdf)

 

6-8 (pdf)

Workbook (pdf)

 

Every Corner is a Crosswalk (Animated Clip)

Only a generation ago, children routinely

traveled around their neighborhoods either on

foot or by bike. Today, fewer children are walking and biking and more parents are driving. In 1969, 42% of children 5 to 18 years of age walked or bicycled to school. In 2001, the rate fell to 16% (CDC, 2005).  This trend of children replacing a routine of physical activity with motor-powered transportation has led to lifestyle changes that  impact children, families, schools, neighborhoods and the broader community.  Less foot-powered transportation means more motor vehicle traffic around schools, leading to increased traffic congestion which negatively impacts the walking and bicycling environment.  SRTS programs are part of the solution to increase physical activity and improve unsafe walking and bicycling conditions.  

 

Safe Routes to School programs encourage children  grades k-8 to walk and bike safety to school. In Oregon, elementary-age children living within a mile of school and middle school-age children living within 1.5 miles of school typically are not eligible to receive bus service. Safe Routes to School program efforts are directed to these students and are built around 5'E's:

 

Education

Encouragement

Enforcement

Engineering

Evaluation. 

 

Safe Routes to School School proponents promote walking and biking for the health/wellness and physical activity benefits; potential to lower traffic congestion around schools; potential to increase air quality around schools. Information about the Safe Routes to School National efforts can be found at: www.saferoutesinfo.org. Information on Safe Routes to School non-profit National Partnership, a network of 400 plus organizations, government agencies, schools and professionals working together to advance the SRTS movement in the US can be found at www.saferoutespartnership.org

 

Oregon Modes of School Commuting by Children

 

 

 

 

Safe Routes to School, Eugene, Oregon: Case Study

A Team Approach to Safe Routes to School Builds "Kidical Mass"

 

  

I Brake for Kids  - sticker
 

 

Crosswalks, Corners and Critters - flyer

 

Traffic Signals Myth and Reality - brochure

Whether it’s an entire community event or parents meeting at a park to walk with their kids, participating in this event shows the many benefits of walking or biking to school, such as finding a safe route, getting some exercise and just having fun!

 

Below are some materials you can use to help promote walking and biking in your community.

 

Look Out for Kids Poster (154 KB PDF)

 

  

 

Audio

Rise and Shine (mp3)

 

For more information and to find out who is participating in Oregon, visit the Walk + Bike website. www.walknbike.org.