The Central Oregon Series on Transportation (COST) is a seminar series intended to promote professional development and advancements in Transportation Engineering and Planning in Central Oregon.
Making it safer and easier for students to walk and bike to school on a daily basis is vitally important. While single-occupancy vehicles have come to dictate student travel, there are many ways we can show communities how to encourage active transportation options for our children. The well-known Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program has focused on these efforts for some time, but agencies have taken a variety of approaches to make getting to school safe for everyone. In all cases, designing and planning transportation infrastructure with kids in mind is critical!
This presentation will include: An overview of the SRTS program and process, challenges to implementation, how to get buy-in from communities, and urban/rural perspectives and case studies