Safe Routes to School: Safety & Mobility Analysis: Report to the California Legislature

This report evaluates the Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program that was created by the California Legislature in 1999. Focus is on the following mandated issues: 1) the effectiveness of the program in reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving children in the vicinity of roadway construction projects; 2) the impact of the program on levels of walking and bicycling to school; and, 3) the safety benefits of the program in comparison with other highway safety programs. The evaluations in this report are based on safety, cost, and demographic data provided by a representative sample of 125 of 570 bicycle, pedestrian safety, and traffic calming projects that received SR2S funding in the first three years of the program. The information is also supplemented by data from external sources, such as collision data from the California Statewide integrated Traffic Records System and land-use maps of the project areas.

• Record URL:
  http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LocalPrograms/saferoutes/documents/SR2S_Final_Report_to_the_Legislature.pdf
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• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/86111461
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared Pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 2333.5
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Traffic Safety Center, 2614 Dwight Way
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-7374

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814
• Authors:
  • Orenstein, Marla R
  • Gutierrez, Nicolas
  • Rice, Thomas M
  • Cooper, Jill F
  • Ragland, David R
• Publication Date: 2007-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Illustrations; Maps; Tables;
• Pagination: 65p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycling; Cyclists; Pedestrians; School children; Traffic safety; Walking
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01052242
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 12 2007 7:15PM