New Infrastructure in the Works

Keep SRTS Funding in California

Tam High Students to Peers: Dnt txt & drv

Register for National Safe Routes to Schools Conference

Davidson Girl Scouts Seek Safety in New Middle School Afterschool Program

Take the Safe Driving Pledge

The Safe Driving Pledge encourages residents to drive safely while spreading the message about this program. Interested Marin County residents sign a pledge to drive safely and courteously on our streets. In turn, they receive the official “Safe Driving Pledge” static cling decal to display on the rear window of their vehicles. For more information and to take the pledge go to: streetsmartsmarin.org/
pledge.html


Protect Your Bike
from Theft

Marin County Sheriff’s Office Bicycle Registry Program is a free law enforcement service database of bicycles so that in the event of loss or theft, the likelihood of recovery will increase. It will take 1 min to register. Register online now.


Suggested Biking Areas
to Teach Children Safe Riding

Wade Thomas Team Leader Ted Fehlhaber of created a guide to learning to ride for parents and kids with a list of eight suggested public areas for parents to practice riding with their children, classes to take and more advanced rides to learn to ride on the road and to develop safe biking skills.

Learn to Ride Part 1 and II


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NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS

Bike to School Day

Bike Trains Roll Across the County

Thirty-three schools held Bike to School Day events across the county in May, adding nine more schools than last year. 

Bacich Elementary School held a Community Coffee Social where 11 separate organized rides converged led by Neighborhood Captains. Highway Patrol, County Sheriff, and Kentfield Fire Dept escorted the rides, along w/ many parents, teachers, and school staff. The Village Peddler bike shop in Larkspur set up a "Bike Safety Station" in the Bacich Quad to pump up tires, check helmet safety, and do quick bike safety checks. The County Sheriff was on hand to collect Bike Registrations to help find stolen bicycles in the district. 

Neil Cummins, Hall and Redwood schools joined forces for their annual ride utilizing the bike paths in Larkspur and Corte Madera to reach their respective schools. 

Hundreds of students and parents met at Blackie’s Pasture in Tiburon to bike to the three Reed School District Schools.  Events were held throughout the county.  The bike racks were full at Old Mill, Wade Thomas, Brookside, Glenwood, Manor, and Lycee Francais.  Reports continue to come in.

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Safe Routes Infrastructure Being Designed


Public works departments throughout Marin are currently planning and designing several infrastructure projects aimed at improving walking and bicycling conditions. San Rafael is designing sidewalk improvements along Lindaro Street to serve Davidson Middle School. Mill Valley is designing a multi-use pathway along Camino Alto and pedestrian crossing improvements on Miller Avenue to assist students traveling to Mill Valley Middle School and Tam High School.

San Anselmo is planning a number of pedestrian and bicycle projects, including sidewalks, curb ramps, crosswalks and traffic calming enhancements in the vicinity of Lower Brookside Elementary, Upper Brookside Elementary, and Wade Thomas Elementary schools. Novato is designing pathways, extended curbs and high-visibility crosswalks to serve Lynwood Elementary School, and new sidewalks and bicycle lanes near Sinaloa Middle School.

The County of Marin continues to stay busy designing and implementing Safe Routes projects, including crosswalk enhancements at Lagunitas School in West Marin.


Keep Funding for California's Safe Routes to School Program


Changes to policy affecting Safe Routes to School are afoot in Sacramento! The National Partnership is working with our partners to protect and grow funding levels for critically important programs that benefit all bicyclists and pedestrians in the state.  Governor Brown is proposing to create a new Active Transportation Program with his 2013-14 budget to make California a leader in bicycle and pedestrian transportation, but we are asking for your support of a petition that urges the Administration to first address several concerns. The proposed new program consolidates several existing programs, including Safe Routes to School (see details below), in order to focus state investment on active transportation safety and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Sign the petition to Governor Brown here:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/M7M5J5L

Join the Safe Routes to School National Partnership and a coalition of organizations to ask Governor Brown to:

    1) Match 2012 funding levels initially and grow the program funds in the future,

    2) Maintain minimum guarantees for Safe Routes to School, Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation, and Recreational Trails within the new program structure,

    3) Ensure adequate staff at Caltrans to administer the new program, and

    4) Engage stakeholders in shaping the Active Transportation Program, selecting future projects, and prioritizing social equity.

Please sign the petition today (individuals and organizations are both encouraged to sign on) and spread the word so we can get thousands of signatures!

California State Assembly and Senate Budget Committee Hearings

Dates: Wednesday, March 13 at 9 AM, and Thursday, March 14 at 10 AM

Location: Sacramento

Decisions will be made at these key hearings on the funding and program structure for Safe Routes to School andthe Administration’s proposedactive transportationprogram.View the concerns with the proposal here. These decisions will impact the health, safety, and environment for all Californians.



 

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Tam High Students Take Stand vs. Txtng

The Peer Resource class at Tamalpais High School teamed up with Safe Routes to Schools to raise awareness that distracted driving, including texting behind the wheel, can be just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated.  The April 29th event included a variety of activities to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving, and primarily focused on texting and talking while driving. Students tried to text while driving around an obstacle course, played dodge ball with cell phones in hand, and participated in other engaging activities to help drive the point home.  See the video on the Mill Valley Patch.

 

Safe Routes to Schools National Conference Registration Now Open

Registration is now open for the 4th Safe Routes to School National Conference, to be held August 13-15 in Sacramento, CA. Early-bird registration fees will be available through June 28. The conference registration deadline is Tuesday, July 23.

Register now at www.SafeRoutesConference.org.


The conference program will include nearly 60 plenaries, breakouts, implementation workshopsand MindMixer sessions. It will focus on Safe Routes to Schoolcase studies and best practices from around the country; innovative funding strategies and successful partnerships; addressing Safe Routes to School needs in disadvantaged communities; exciting new technologies and tools; proven engagement strategies and messaging; implementable local, regional and statewide Safe Routes to Schoolpolicies; Safe Routes to School in rural communities; safety and enforcement; evaluating Safe Routes to School; engaging youth (with presentations by dynamic youth leaders); and much more!


 


Three Girl Scouts from Troop #30729 are going to develop a safety plan for their school in order to earn their Silver Badge from their efforts to improve safety at Davidson Middle School. Anna Schlosser, Celia O'Brien and Victoria Robbins shared their observations of unsafe behavior with City Councilmembers, parents and traffic engineers. They plan to develop proposals to present to the city council.

Marin Safe Routes to Schools has been chosen as one of three programs to pilot a new Youth Engagement curriculum created for California Department of Health Services Safe Routes to Schools program.  The curriculum was written by Arthur Orsini, the North American guru for working with teens.  Through his organization, Urban Thinkers, Orsinis has successfully engaged teens in his home country of Canada as well as in New Zealand and here in the United States.    The program will empower teens to set up a Transportation program in their school using three possible approaches