Engineering_Guiding Principles for Applying Safe Routes to School Engineering Solutions: Safe Routes to School Online Guide
Comment:
The following list states and briefly describes some of the principles: Infrastructure within the school zone and beyond is a prerequisite for walking and bicycling, Accessibility Required, Relationships are everything (school to sidewalk, street crossings, etc), Easy-to implement and low-cost solutions are focused on first, while longer-term improvement needs are identified and the implementation process is begun, Engineering treatments are matched to the type of problem.
The following list states and briefly describes some of the principles: Infrastructure within the school zone and beyond is a prerequisite for walking and bicycling, Accessibility Required, Relationships are everything (school to sidewalk, street crossings, etc), Easy-to implement and low-cost solutions are focused on first, while longer-term improvement needs are identified and the implementation process is begun, Engineering treatments are matched to the type of problem.
Last Updated (Year): 2015
Year Produced: 2011
Abstract:This guide is a comprehensive online reference manual designed to support the development of Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs. It provides links to other SRTS publications and training resources. Readers of the online guide can pick and choose specific topics based on their interests and needs, such as guidelines for adult school crossing guards, tools to create school route maps, and ways to include children with disabilities in SRTS initiatives.
One of the basic tenets of pedestrian and bicycle safety is that to be effective, safety programs must be comprehensive – involving engineering, education, enforcement and evaluation. The online guide supports that premise by providing “one-stop shopping” on all aspects of SRTS. Plus it adds additional elements that apply to school programs, such as motivating students to walk and bicycle to school – or “encouragement”.
This online guide contains several chapters. Each chapter is subdivided into sections. The sections within each chapter are easily identified with sub-links. Simply click on each sub-link within a chapter and you will enter a particular section.
For:Walking, Biking
The E's:Engineering
Ped Bike Activity:
- Planning
- Maintenance
- Design
Ped Bike Topic:
- Traffic Calming
- Traffic Assessment
- Schools
- Safety Promotion
- Safe Routes to School
- Retrofit
- Planning Processes
- Planning
- Networks
- Information Distribution
- Design
- Case Study
- Built environment
- Bicycle Planning
Resource Type:
- Guidance
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