Florida: Tallahassee and Clearview

Safe Ways to School

Lead Implementers:

Florida Traffic and Bike Safety Education Program (FTBSEP), Dept of Urban & Regional Planning , University of Florida .

Partners:

Location:

Tallahassee and Clearview, Florida

Contact Info:

Linda Crider, Director
Pete Davidson, Program Assistant Florida Traffic and Bike Safety Education Program
University of Florida - Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning,
PO Box 115706, Gainesville, FL 32611.
352-392-8192
352-846-0404(FAX)
(352) 392-8192

Web Address:

http://plaza.ufl.edu/lcrider

Project Focus:

Aims to educate communities on how to advocate for pedestrian safety engineering measures and traffic calming along routes to school. Program also educates children in classroom for safer pedestrian and bike behavior.

Summary:

Distributes Safe Ways to School Toolkit with workbook and video showing how to put together Safe Routes to School program in communities. Uses the Australian/European Safe Routes to School traffic calming model. Has conducted workshops at 2 schools to show how it works. No direct community outreach component: word of mouth and web site only. Program does training only, does not keep track of schools progress. Safe Ways to School is a small slice of the larger Florida Traffic and Bike Safety Education Program (FTBSEP). The FTBSEP develops and trains students and teachers in elementary and middle school classroom based pedestrian and bike safety education programs. 

Engineering, Planning and Design Strategy:

Materials and training for communities to advocate for improved safety of street and pedestrian environment on the routes to their schools.

Enforcement Strategy:

Not a focus

Educational Focus:

Workshop and video show how to: - Form coalition with stakeholders - police, school, public works, Community Traffic Safety Team, etc. to assess, survey, brainstorm, recommend and implement.
Develops and trains for in school bike/ ped safety and encouragement curriculum for elementary and middle schools.

Built/Unbuilt-Urban/Suburban:

The 2 workshops were in urban schools:  Clearwater and Tallahassee

Status:

Started in 1999. Ongoing.

Budget:

N/A

Funding Source:

Florida Department of Transportation
Florida Traffic & Bicycle Safety Education Program, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Florida
Uses Federal 402 funds.