Promoting safe walking,
biking, and rolling around
the Encinal community
Encinal Elementary 5th Grade Students -
Community Science Leadership Academy
Today’s agenda
1. Background
2. Theme 1: Bike lanes
a. 3 solutions from 3 groups
3. Theme 2: Walking path on Middlefield
a. 2 solutions from 2 groups
4. Q&A
Background
What is Community Science?
Community science can be broadly defined as members
of the public working with professional scientists to
advance a research project.
The Our Voice Method
Give community members a method and tools to
capture their lived experiences
Support community members in using this
information to help inform local changes and build
healthier communities
A simple mobile app that community members can use to document parts of their neighborhood or community that promote or hinder healthy living.
Buman, Winter, et al., Translational Behav Med, 2012; AJPM, 2013 ™ The Stanford Discovery Tool
17 pairs of 5th grade students (n= 34 total) completed data collection on August 29th, 2025, along with school staff and project facilitators
Guiding question: What makes it easy or hard to walk, bike, or roll around Encinal Elementary?
The pairs collected:
● 123 photos
● 74 audio comments
● 50 text comments
™ Data Collection Walk
Theme #1:
Bike lanes
Quinn
Our findings - bike lanes
Aria
Our findings - bike lanes
Kate
Our solutions - Group 1
Solution: Widen bike lanes
Campbell & Yui
Our solutions - Group 2
Solution: Paint bike lanes to be more obvious
Arin, Dylan & Olivia
Our solutions - Group 3
Solution: Put in recycled vertical delineators to protect bikers
Noel, Elliot, Oliver & George
Theme #2:
Walking path on
Middlefield
Sakura
Our findings - walking path on Middlefield
Shiori
Our findings - walking path on Middlefield
Tonya
Our solutions - Group 4
Solution: Even out walking path on Middlefield
● Put in more compact natural material to even out path and decrease fall risk
● Pick up litter and do this as an event with class and peers ● Get rid of debris
● Keep the nature vibe
Examples: Tonya & Shiori
Our solutions - Group 5
Solution: Create more of a barrier between road and path ● Plant more bushes or trees along the side of the path to protect pedestrians
Example: Waverly & Olive
Q&A