Examining Long-Term Impact of California Safe Routes to School Program: Ten Years Later
California was the first state to legislate a Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program under Assembly Bill 1475 (1999). SR2S funds construction projects that make it safer for children to walk or bicycle to school and encourages a greater number of children to choose these modes of travel for the school commute. The main goal of this project was to assess the long-term impact of program-funded engineering modifications on walking and bicycling levels and safety. Improvements were evaluated with a targeted method to determine the countermeasures that resulted in safety and mode shift. The major results indicated that the safety of pedestrians increased within 250 ft of an infrastructure improvement, such as a sidewalk. There was also evidence of mode shift near improvements. Positive results for safety and mobility, as well as improved data collection for funded programs, should make SR2S programs competitive among other transportation needs.
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Authors:
- Ragland, David R
- Pande, Swati
- Bigham, John
- Cooper, Jill F
- Publication Date: 2014
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 86–92
- Monograph Title: Pedestrians 2014
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
- Issue Number: 2464
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bicycle commuting; Bicycling; Construction engineering; Evaluation and assessment; Impact studies; Improvements; Modal shift; Pedestrian safety; Safety programs; School trips; Walking
- Identifier Terms: Safe Routes to School (Program)
- Geographic Terms: California
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01515882
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309295567
- Report/Paper Numbers: 14-4226
- Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 25 2014 9:15AM