Special Concurrent Meeting of the Education Partnership Committee and the Oakland Unified School District Board of Education
May 6, 2024

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Traf c safety near schools is critical for our families, children, and our communities. On this page nd the latest news and important background on our work to make it
safer to go to and from Oakland's schools.

Thank you for your interest in the City of Oakland's work to make it safer for families to travel to and from our neighborhood schools. Below please nd links to important reports and updates on this work. OakDOT performs this work in coordination with the citywide
Safe Oakland Streets initiative.

School Trafc SafetyRequests
Travel to and from school can be a challenging part of day-to-day life for students, parents, and school staff. We seek to encourage safely walking and bicycling to school while accommodating drop-off and pick-up trafc and minimizing neighborhood impacts. OakDOT handles requests from schools on an ongoing basis. Generally our toolkit of short-turnaround measures Translate
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How to Get Involved:

If you're a parent concerned about school trafc issues, please reach out to your school administrators and raise your concerns with them. They will work with us and Oakland Unied School District (OUSD) transportation staff to make an appropriate recommendation. OakDOT and OUSD meet regularly to discuss school travel needs, which helps us to ensure that requests are consistent and prioritized within OakDOT's other activities.

If you're a school ofcial, please indicate this in your 311 request to ag it for prioritization. We are happy to work with you! For schools afliated with OUSD, please also notify District transportation staff who meet with OakDOT regularly and may also be able to suggest ideas from the perspective or school operations
Report a Problem to OAK311
Walk Audits and School Capital Projects
OakDOT partners with the Alameda County Transportation
Commission (ACTC) to hold around ve walk audits per year at schools with the support of a professional engineering team. The recommendations from these walk audits help to build a pipeline of school transportation capital projects. These are long-term efforts; most school trafc safety issues are better addressed through the service request process.
2021-2023 Safe Routes to School Capital Projects
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OakDOT Crossing Guard Program
Crossing Guards are an important school and community
resource for safety. The Oakland Department of Transportation Crossing Guard program (formerly managed by the Oakland Police Department until early 2021) is comprised of part-time employees under the supervision of the School Trafc Safety Supervisor in the Safe Streets Division of OakDOT. Learn more about the Crossing Guard program here.

Collaboration within OakDOT
The Trafc Engineering team partners with other groups within OakDOT to promote trafc safety around schools.

Complete Streets Paving - We coordinate with OakDOT's paving teams to include trafc safety elements near schools when streets are repaved. Review the current OakDOT 5-Year Paving Plan here: 2022 5-Year Paving Plan.

Trafc Capital Projects - When grant-funded projects are located near schools, our team works with project managers to ensure that school safety elements are included in the plans.

OakDOT School Safety Reports
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OakDOT School Program presentation to the Bicycle and
Pedestrian Advisory Committee
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Funding and Stafng for OakDOT’s School Safety Projects and Programs (Memo to Council, March 2020) (Memo)
School Safety Work News Updates
OakDOT rolls out 15 MPH school zones at elementary schools citywide
Drive Like Your Kids Go to School Here: Oakland Upgrades 200 School Crosswalks
The Oakland Safety Patrol Program school yearbook for the 2019-2020 school year
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