ACT 2014 A Rideshare Regional Perspective

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ACT 2014 A Rideshare Regional Perspective

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ACT Conference, August 2014

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About SLO Regional Rideshare

A division of SLOCOG – region’s MPO

SLO County’s only TDM + incentive program

Region’s 511 + personalized trip planning

Regional Mobility Manager

Chief organizer of county-wide Bike Month

and Rideshare Month activities

Safe Routes to School

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SRTS in SLO County 2008 Federal Grant (K-8)

2012 TE Grant (K-12)

Traditional “non-infrastructure” program

Partnership with Bike Coalition, Public Health

Over 34,000 students enrolled,

approximately 75 schools, 10 school districts

Applied for first round of ATP funds

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Challenges So many pencils, so little time….

Lack of dedicated parents from one year to

next

Time needed to reinvent the relationships

Competition with other agencies doing similar

programs

Competition for assembly time at schools

Over exposure of program to same schools =

boring

Desire to take education program to next level

No clear way to measure success

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Funding Shift

State and Federal

SRTS Funds

Active Transportation

Program Fund -

$129M

OLD FUNDING NEW FUNDING

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Key Developments Competition for funds changed

Statewide: 50% of funds/25% disadvantage

communities/40% SRTS

Small Urban: 10% of funds for 200,000 or less/25% to

disadvantaged communities

Large Urban: Remaining 40% of funds to large MPOs/25%

disadvantaged communities

Statewide now put us in a different circle

“Data picture” offered as only solution

Collaboration between infrastructure and non-

infrastructure programs encouraged

MPO support now critical

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Mission statement The Safe Routes to School Taskforce

encourages safe, active transportation to and from all schools

in San Luis Obispo County inspiring a healthy and environmentally

conscious lifestyle.

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Regional Taskforce Approach

29 active members, quarterly meetings

Infrastructure and non-infrastructure programs

and projects discussed

Better planned and more strategic oversight

Reduces the duplication of efforts

Increases access to resources otherwise unknown

Combined all SRTS Education and

Encouragement grant requests into one succinct

program

Allows diversification of our program with multiple

players on board

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Data Picture Development Goal was to create a comprehensive profile

and GIS Map for each public school in SLO

County.

Profiles would show the high-risk areas for

walking and biking students at each surveyed

school and be accessible to both the public

and partner agencies.

Comprehensive data set helps our

infrastructure projects be more competitive for

funding thereby increasing the entire region’s

SRTS chances for funding

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SRTSII (SRTS Infrastructure Inventory)

Rideshare led, support from planning & GIS at SLOCOG

Planning interns from Cal Poly participated for school credit

Design based on National SRTS Safe Neighborhood audits and customized to fit our county’s unique geography

Quantitative and qualitative evidence collected

Tools created

Maps and data provided to Taskforce partners and general public

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SRTSII Data Car, pedestrian, bike and scooter counts from morning drop-offs and

afternoon pick-ups A 2x3ft GIS Map with the ¼ mile and ½ mile radius buffer TIMS collision data Pedestrian network data Indicators of bikeway types

Primary and secondary entry points Traffic signals types Individual collision data incidents collected from the TIMS database

with a Google Map showing both street and aerial views of each collision site and the noted time of incident

Obesity data from County Public Health’s mandated physical fitness tests

Speed data from each city or county surveyed near school sites Any anecdotal data available Disadvantaged community resources

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GIS Before & After • Collision & Accident data

• Stop sign location

• Cross walk location

• Primary & secondary entrances of schools

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TASK Federal SRTS Grant Program TE SRTS Grant Program

ATP SRTS Program

PROPOSED

2009-2010

2010-

2011

2011-

2012 2012-2013 2013-2014

2014-2015 2015-2016

Assemblies Provided 2 3 7 12 17 20 24

Mini grants Awarded 2 3 4 6 15 20 25

Trainings Accomplished 2 3 3 4 6 8 11

International Walk to

School Day Participants (#

of schools)

0 3 4 18 25 32 39

National Bike to School Day

Participants (# of schools)

N/A N/A N/A 12 14 18 22

Peer-Peer Education

Programs Created N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 2 3

Bike 'N' Hike Curriculum

Participants N/A N/A N/A 1 1 2 3

Helmet Fit Events &

Giveaways N/A N/A N/A 4 events, 25 given

away per event

6 events, 40 helmets per

event.

6 events, 40

helmets per event.

8 events, 45 helmets per

event.

SRTS Infrastructure Inventory Study (SRTSII) – Data collection, organization and analysis

by Rideshare for use by Rideshare, the Regional Taskforce, and interested members of

the community (parents, educators, etc).

Phase 1: ¼ mile radius infrastructure inventory including vehicle counts, obesity,

data, free-reduced lunch and collision data – completed at 29 schools, additional

27 schools in progress

Phase 2: Inclusion of land use data and physical barriers – in progress at all

schools

Infrastructure need data

profiles will be created

for all 66 public K - 12

schools in SLO County by

end of 2014 – all

information is made

available to the public

and partners

Phase 3: Survey to

public works

offices on

infrastructure

project status –

NOT ATP Funded

Phase 4: Widening the

current ¼ mile radius of

study to ½ mile radius,

multi-day vehicle counts

at each school, update

of speed data and

parent surveys

countywide – NOT ATP

Funded

No Taskforce Regional Taskforce Formed

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Next Steps

ATP Application submitted in first round

Continue to provide and share data with

Taskforce

Growth of program to include on-bike training

– similar to programs in Colorado and Oregon

Effort to include SRTS in school district wellness

policies

Hope is to find grant funding for a Regional

SRTS Strategic Plan