School Safety Improvement Project San Francisco

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School Safety Improvement Project - San Francisco

• Grassroots Advocacy
• Making it Happen!

Roger Bazeley, M.S.T.M., M.S.I.D., C.T.S.M.
DesignStrategy-USA, Transportation Consultants
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Pedestrians Have Rights and Expectations for a
Safe Journey
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Growing Safety ConcernsTechno-inattention,
Panhandling, Jaywalking, Health/Age/Vision
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Vulnerability to Traffic Accidents

• K-12 School Children
• Children Ages 5-17
• Seniors 55 and up
• The Disabled
• Our Community
• Tourists and Visitors
• Note GPS accident mapping tool usage (SFCTA_
  K-12 schools)

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Parents/PTA/Community Ask San Francisco for
Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Improvements
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Three Es of Safety Engineering, Education,
Enforcement Engineering Design Enhancements
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School Site ImprovementsBold/Yellow School
LADDER crosswalks
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School Zone/Site New TechnologyFYG Signs,
Signals/Traffic Control Devices
School/PED Zone Driver FYG LED Speed Feedback
Signs (3M)
Embedded Strobe pavement lights Crosswalks and
School Zones
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New Technologies Communicate and Educate 24/7
Countdown
OLD PED Signal
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Regional Pedestrian SafetyEducational and
Safety PSA Programs
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Enforcement Active/Passive
SF School Adult Crossing Guards
Parking-Traffic Control Officers
SFPD-Traffic Unit
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Pedestrian School Site Audits

• Purpose of Pedestrian and School Safe Routes
  Audits
• Generate concern about school and community
  pedestrian safety and walkability issues
• Channel concern into commitment
• Structure commitment into a realistic plan action
• Recognition that safety impacts our health, our
  environment, and local business
• To improve Our Quality of Life
• Help transform problem awareness into a
  commitment to solutions

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PTA Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Survey Results
SFUSD K-12 Sites

• 99 Unsafe school site traffic conditions,
  double parking or loading zone
• 92 Cannot pull safely outside of traffic flow
  to unload/pick-up children.
• 94 Loading Zones need to be reconfigured for
  drop-offs and pick-ups
• 75 No agreement and compliance by parents for
  safe drop-offs and pick-ups.
• 75 Crosswalk non-existent or lacking crossing
  signs or yellow markings
• 79 Children and adults frequently crossing
  outside of marked crosswalks
• 49 Adult crossing guards needed due to traffic
  volume, speed, or congestion
• 75 No regular site personnel monitoring parent
  drop-offs and pick-ups
• 98 New (FYG) signs for school awareness, speed
  control, school crossing
• 92 Signs missing, damaged or requiring repair
• 98 Bus loading curb paint, bus lane lines, or
  SLOW SCHOOL XING marking
• 75 Lack of adequate stop signs/signal timing at
  school intersection crossings
• 94 Need police or DPT to patrol, monitor and
  enforce site traffic safety
• 72 No School Site Traffic Safety Program School
  Parents/PTA interest in a PTA Traffic Safety
  Workshop, Safe Routes To and From School/Transit
  Plan

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Safe Routes To School community
Audits/Workshops should include

• Cross section of Community PTA, School Officials,
  Government Agencies, Elected Officials, Business.
• Accessible Community meeting room
• Slide Presentations of examples of good and bad
  pedestrian design
• Discussion of the communitys vision for reducing
  Barriers to Pedestrian Safety and Walkability
• A 60-90 minute area walking tour
• Regroup to discuss develop through consensus an
  Action Plan
• Organize Priorities and Funding Sources for
  starting community and local officials
  implementation process

PARENTS
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Form A Safe Routes To School Team Organizing A
School Site Safety Committee

• Team/Committee members
• Principal or Assistant Principal
• PTA/PTSA Members 3-4
• (Parents, Teachers, Students)
• School Health/Counselor Staff
• School Transport Director/Staff
• Neighborhood Organization
• Local Traffic Engineer/TAC
• Police /Traffic Safety
• School Crossing Guard ES/MS
• Bike/PED CAC member
• County/Local Public Transit Staff

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Mapping and Observing School Site Safety
Committee Tasks

• Prepare The Base Maps
• 1.) School Neighborhood Map
• School District School Site Location
• Roads, Paths/Sidewalks, Transit Systems
• Walk-Zone Transit Stops
• Residential-After School Sites/Parks
• 2.) School Site Map
• Loading Zones Bus/Auto
• Drop-off and Pick-up Areas
• Student Entrance/Exits
• Major Intersections, Road configurations
• Traffic Signs, Signals, Crossings, School Signs

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School Site Traffic PatternAnalysis Diagram and
Parent Drop-off Plan
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Safe Routes Site Plan Presidio Middle School SF
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School Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Improvement
Resolution CA PTA

• Resolved 1 Creation of School Safety Committees
• Resolved 2 Work with local agencies and school
  communities to increase traffic and pedestrian
  safety for children, improving safe routes to and
  from schools
• Resolved 3 Urges state and local policy makers
  to implement systematic and uniform improvements
  in traffic signs, pavement markings and control
  devices, with the latest technology and
  educational and enforcement programs
• Resolved 4 Policy makers in partnership with
  schools and community organizations to create a
  safer environment for all
• Resolved 5 Advocate for increasing traffic fines
  (Double Fine Zone) in locally designated
  problematic school zones

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Three levels for intervention
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Project Benefits Safer CommunitiesWorkshops,
School/Community Audits, Building Active
Partnerships
BE INOVATIVE
BE INVOLVED
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Be Aware, Be Safe, Be Active, Walk Bike---or
Skate