complete streets & safe routes to school
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Complete Streets & Safe Routes to School What’s the difference?
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What are Complete Streets?
Complete Streets are streets for everyone, no matter who they are or how they travel.
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What are Complete Streets?
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Safe Comfortable Convenient
Complete Streets:Is a high-level policy direction
Changes the everyday decision-making processes and systems
Represents an incremental approach
Has long-term results
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Complete Streets is not:
• One “special” street project
• A design prescription
• A mandate for immediate retrofit
• A silver bullet; other issues must be addressed:• Land use (proximity, mixed-use)• Environmental concerns• Transportation Demand Management
ELEMENTS OF A COMPLETE STREET
SIDEWALKS
BUS STOPS
CROSSWALKS
BUS SHELTERS
BIKE LANESCURB RAMPS
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Walking one mile to and from school is two-thirds of the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day.
Children who walk and bicycle to school are more physically active, have lower body mass index scores, lower obesity levels and are more likely to
meet physical activity guidelines.
Percentage of children living within a mile ofschool who walk/biked in 1969 = 88%
Today = 38%
Children in neighborhoods with sidewalks and safe places to cross the street are
more likely to be physically active
Childhood obesity has increased among children ages 6 to 11 from 4% in 1969 to 19.6% in 2007.
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL• Goal is to make it safer for more kids to walk and
bicycle to and from school—and ultimately in daily life• Has helped elevate the trip to school in
transportation planning and get local governments and schools to partner
• Is a toolbox of strategies that schools and communities can use to identify safety needs and educate/encourage students and families to walk or roll to school more frequently
About the National Partnership
Our mission is to advocate for safe walking and bicycling to and from schools and in daily life, to improve the health and well-being of America’s children, and to foster the creation of livable, sustainable communities.
Kari SchlosshauerPacific Northwest Regional Policy ManagerSafe Routes to School National Partnership