Safer
School Travel
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The
Safer School Travel
Program is a web-based program developed by
Safer City to assist Parent Advisory Councils (PAC’s) in developing
Safer School Travel Plan.
Every school should have a Safer School Travel (SST) plan and it the
goal of Safer City to take every school in Saanich through this program
within 5 years. A realistic and balanced approach is required between
providing for the safety of children and the mobility of vehicles.
The Safer School Travel plans strive to:
- identify all issues in the walk/cycle limits of a school
- develop strategies for all modes of transportation
- develop engineering, education and enforcement strategies with short and
long term goals
- develop parent and community initiatives to make the school
community safer
 A school's SST committee works with the Saanich Safer City Coordinator
through the step by step program. Once all the issues have been
identified and supporting documentation gathered, stake holders are invited
to participate in developing strategies to reduce the problems.
These stake holders would include the District of Saanich, the school district, community associations, and transit. Each
school will have specific needs to be met and the stake holder group
will be called as required to help resolve issues.
All Safer School Travel plans focus on the three E's - Education,
Enforcement and Engineering. The most cost effective and long lasting
of these is the Education. Driver and pedestrian behaviour can have
immediate impacts. Start today to encourage awareness of safer school
travel at schools in your community.
Safer
School Travel consists
of the following two components:
- Supporting Information – provides guidance
on the different elements involved in developing
School Road Safety Plans. It comprises the
following three sections:
- Background Information -introductory
information for developing a SRSP including
information papers on topics such as
Children in Traffic and the Way to Go!
Program.
- Road Safety Measures - a non-technical
description of engineering measures for
pedestrians, bicycles, cars and drop-off/pick-up
areas.
- Community Initiatives - guidelines on
undertaking community initiatives such
as crossing guards, Speed Watch, Parent
Parking Patrols and Walking School Buses.
- Planning/Application Process – leads
the user, step-by-step through the process
of developing a School Road Safety Plan.
- The process comprises seven Activities.
Each Activity includes a number of Tasks
and some Tasks are divided into Steps.
- Information, guidelines and examples
are provided throughout the process.
- Logistical support such as templates
for agendas, meeting notices, questionnaires
and survey forms is provided.
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Schools who have completed the Safer School Travel program:
Royal Oak Middle School
Rogers School
Gordon Head School
Schools anticipated to complete the program in
2005-06:
Frank Hobbs School
Arbutus Middle School
Doncaster School
Lochside School
Prospect Lake School
St. Joseph's Catholic School
Spectrum Secondary School
Marigold School
Additional Links:
Road Sense for
Kids Curriculum
Program - Order Form (PDF 200KB)
School District 61 - Maps
Way to Go! Program
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