1 Attachment B: SRTS 2017-23 Five-Year Work Plan Outcomes
The Five-Year Action Plan reviewed and shared as part of the March 2017 SRTS Annual Report to the City Council served as a roadmap for Palo Alto’s Safe Routes to School program development through June 2022. Staff capacity, pandemic impacts and changing program priorities factored into the completion of yearly strategic objectives. Yearly goal completion is contingent on Safe Routes to School funding/capacity and subject to change as demand dictates.
Mission: To enhance and sustain the City/PAUSD/PTA/Youth community partnership to reduce risk to students en route to and from school, and to encourage more families to choose healthy, active, sustainable alternatives to driving solo more often.
Goal: To grow and strengthen community-wide support through the SRTS 6 E's (Education, Encouragement, Engineering, Engagement, Evaluation, and Equity) model for safe, active, healthy, sustainable, school commutes.
Table 1: Safe Routes to School Five-Year Work Plan Yearly Strategic Objectives: 2017-2022 Adopt and
institutionalize
key SRTS
practices and
policies across
the Partnership
and gather best
practices from
elsewhere
Provide, continue
and enhance school
and community
based SRTS
education
programs, materials
and
communications
Expand and enhance
SRTS events and
encouragement
programs and
materials to
communicate the
value of SRTS to
parents, students
and the community
Gather data to
assess and
improve SRTS
program outcomes
Engineer routes
to school to
develop a safer
and more
efficient
network for
families
choosing active
transportation
Increase
awareness &
engagement
between City
Departments
and the
community to
advance
awareness of
the SRTS
mission, goals &
strategies
Commit to an
equitable
distribution of
SRTS resources
to encourage
broad SRTS
community
participation
Year 1
Strategic
Objectives
Year: 2017-18
Completion
Rate: 100%
Work toward
PAUSD SRTS
policy adoption
Build out two
Stanford service-
learning education,
evaluation &
enforcement
projects
Expand Youth
Develop SRTS
Public Service
Announcements
Increase Spanish
and Mandarin
materials
Participate in
countywide SRTS
data pilot
Integrate
Statewide Traffic
System (SWITRS)
data into SRTS
Complete
two site
assessments and
update Walk and
Roll Maps
Update City
Comprehensive
Plan policies
This goal was
not developed
2 for Environmental
Sustainability Conf.
Participation
Develop SRTS
educational posters
Pilot online
travel tally
Year 2
Strategic
Objectives
Year: 2018-19
Completion
Rate: 89%
Develop a
PAUSD SRTS
policy to sustain
ongoing
commitment
from PAUSD
Explore
optional and
compulsory SRTS
high school
education programs
Develop a
communications plan
outline
Develop a public
list of carpooling
resources
Develop a
PAUSD parent
survey to evaluate
participant
demographics and
identify challenges
to more active
transportation
Complete two
site assessments
with updated
Walk and Roll
Maps for Palo
Verde and Gunn
H.S.
Create an
enforcement
strategy
to reflect
changing staffing
levels by shifting
traffic
enforcement
role to patrol
officers
Conduct a
bike repair class
with student
input
Promote
safer routes for
East Palo Alto
PAUSD student
bicyclists
Year 3
Strategic
Objectives
Year: 2019-20
Completion
Rate: 57%
Develop
school report
cards
summarizing
travel mode split,
SR2S activities
undertaken, and
the level of green
travel status
Implement optional
and compulsory
SRTS high education
programs
Develop fact-
based and consistent
Safe Routes to School
messages that can be
used on social media
Administer a
PAUSD parent
survey to evaluate
participant
demographics and
identify challenges
to more active
transportation
Complete two
site assessments
with updated
Walk and Roll
Maps for Palo
Verde and Gunn
H.S.
Work with
PAPD/City to
promote the
Bike Index
Registry as a
means of
preventing bike
theft and create
a workflow at
PAPD to include
Bike Index
checks on all
recovered bikes
Work with
PAUSD Family
Engagement
Specialists to
develop an
Equity Action
Plan to support
underrepresent
ed and under-
resourced
communities
Year 4-5
Strategic
Objectives
Year: 2020-22
Completion
Rate: 57%
Hold two
PAUSD/City/PTA
Partnership
meetings to re-
initiate PAUSD
SRTS policy
implementation
and renew
Partnership
Consensus
Statement
Enhance High
School youth
outreach
Enhance SRTS
online educational
materials and
resource library
Ensure updated,
standardized SRTS
language is included
in all PAUSD websites
and
parent handbooks
Pilot one Winter
Walk and Roll event
Conduct two
Complete Year
3 Strategy to
distribute a PAUSD
parent survey
Develop a
behavior change
focused SRTS
infographic
Complete two
site assessments
Work with the
Community
Services
Department to
administer a
bicycle facility
needs
assessment i.e.,
“Safe Routes to
Parks”
Ensure that
Complete Year
3 Strategy to
Work with
PAUSD Family
Engagement
Specialists to
develop an
Equity Action
Plan
Increase
SRTS outreach
3 Include Youth as
the Fourth
Partner of the PA
SRTS Partnership
local family cycling
events
relevant
transportation
concept plans,
updated
Pedestrian
Bicycle Plans and
proposed
community
engagement
strategies are
reviewed by the
CTSTSC
to students
with special
needs and
other
disabilities by
conducting a
minimum of
one SRTS
presentation
Table 2: of Safe Routes to School Five-Year Work Plan Ongoing Strategic Objectives: 2017-2022 Adopt and
institutionalize
key SRTS
practices and
policies across
the Partnership
and gather best
practices from
elsewhere
Provide, continue and enhance
school and community based
SRTS education programs,
materials and communications
Expand and enhance
SRTS events and
encouragement
programs and
materials to
communicate the
value of SRTS to
parents, students
and the community
Gather data to
assess and
improve SRTS
program
outcomes
Engineer routes
to school to
develop a safer
and more
efficient network
for families
choosing active
transportation
Increase
awareness &
engagement
between City
Departments and
the community to
advance
awareness of the
SRTS mission,
goals & strategies
Commit to an
equitable
distribution of
SRTS resources to
encourage broad
SRTS community
participation
Completion Rate: 100%
1. Support Safe
Routes to School
Transportation
Safety
Representatives
at each school
site
2. PTA inspires
action and
educates
potential leaders
about public
1. Cultivate a community of
parents and others to build a
network of skilled leaders for
education and
advocacy
2. Support active transportation
events during the year by setting
up information tables, assisting
families with route planning and
responding to infrastructure
concerns
3. Maintain K-2 in-class
1. Support Spring and
Fall Walk & Roll
Week
2. Support Bike to
Work
Day
3. Support City
participation in Bike
Palo Alto as
communicated by
the City Manager's
Office
1. Incorporate
traffic and
engineering data
into mode split
and modal share
assessments
2. Explain the
purpose of data
collection to
PAUSD
administrators
and share the
1. Assist with
bicycle
infrastructure
design review to
inform
transportation
planning
processes
2. Design and
provide materials
and education
about new
1. Support the
build-out of the
City of Palo Alto
Bicycle and
Pedestrian
Transportation
Plan
2. Provide students
and families with
transit system
information and
offer guidance of
1. Develop
Spanish and
Chinese language
materials
2. Promote a "no-
guilt approach" to
encourage
participation via
all transportation
modes
3. Support free
service, such as
4 process,
governance and
SRTS
advocacy
3. Support
increased uniform
patrol presence to
encourage and
enforce
compliance with
existing
laws
4. Maintain the
City School Traffic
Safety Committee
(CSTSC) as a
forum to further
the SRTS
Partnership's
mission, goals &
strategies
5. Improve
communication of
SRTS Consensus
Statement and
other policies,
including PAUSD
Building for
Excellence
Requirements,
Palo Alto Traffic
Safety Control
guidelines and
use of the
HeadsUp
Construction
communication
tool
educational offerings and
optimize the program to match
students capabilities, support
educational best practices and
incorporate infrastructure
updates
4. Maintain 3rd grade Bicycle Life
Skills in-class Curriculum and
optimize program to match
student capabilities, support best
practices and incorporate
infrastructure
updates
5. Maintain 5th grade in-class
educational offerings and
optimize the program to match
students capabilities, support
best practices and incorporate
infrastructure
updates
6. Maintain 6th grade in-class
educational offerings and
optimize programs to match
student capabilities, support best
practices and incorporate
infrastructure
updates
7. Maintain 8th grade offerings
and optimize programs to match
student capabilities, support best
practices and incorporate
infrastructure
updates
8. Align parents message with
student educational
programming
9. Grow youth participation in
educational programming
4. Communicate
program activities
and successes to the
broader
community
5. Use Walk and Roll
Maps and "Safety
Tips for
Peds/Bikes/Drivers"
as part of
messaging
6. Employ purposeful
incentives to support
SRTS
participation
7. Communicate the
value of bicycling,
walking, transit and
sharing
rides
8. Enhance website
functionality and
user
experience
9. Support parent
education, including
Back to School
Nights, spring
information nights
for rising 5th, 6th,
and 7th graders and
providing SRTS
information in Back-
to-School
packets
10. Develop a
communication plan
data
3. Conduct yearly
online travel
tallies for PAUSD
grades K-12
4. Conduct yearly
bike counts
5. Manage local
and
administrative
data requests
infrastructure
improvements
3. Advocate as a
Partnership for
the rapid
implementation
of bike network,
bike boulevards,
bike racks, arterial
projects and
bicycle
plans
4. Respond to
Safe Routes to
School -related
Palo Alto 311
request
5. Conduct
community site
visits
6. Provide
crossing guard
management,
including
assessing needs,
developing
contracts and
replying to public
feedback
7. Develop
material to
support new
engineering/infra
structure
treatments
proposed transit
changes
3. Model walking,
biking, carpool,
and transit through
daily
transportation
decisions
4. Assist with plans
to develop a more
efficient roadway
network for
families choosing
active
transportation
5. Collaborate with
local agencies,
including public
works, utilities, law
enforcement and
district officials to
support motorist,
pedestrians, and
bicyclists
6. Update SRTS
Onboarding
Manual
bike repair,
helmet and bike
light distribution
and compulsory
education to
ensure that
under-resourced
students can
access important
safety resources
in a way that does
not stigmatize
them
4. Ensure
ongoing
awareness
regarding the
geographic
distribution of
SRTS staff time
and resources
among Palo Alto
regions and
across
neighborhoods
5. Support off-site
free or low-cost
alternative
commute
transportation
services that are
targeted to at-risk
families
5 opportunities, such a Youth for
Environmental Sustainability
Conference
Participation
10. Build out bus/shuttle
resources and assist with
schedules
outline for crisis
communications