PROCTOR SCHOOLS Safe Routes to School PLAN · 2017-02-27 · PROCTOR SCHOOLS Safe Routes to School...

PROCTOR SCHOOLS

Safe Routes to SchoolPLAN

SRTS Team Kick-off Meeting

February 17, 2017

WARM-UP ACTIVITY #1

On a sticky note, answer…

What do you do to support walking and biking at Proctor Schools?

Use one sticky note per answer, and keep your sticky note(s).

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AGENDA

• Safe Routes to School Program Overview

• Sticky Note Exercise

{10-Minute Break}

• Existing Walking/Biking Conditions

• Map Exercise

• Vision Statement Development

• Next Steps


SRTS PROGRAM OVERVIEW

• Safe Routes to School Goal

• Where it’s safe, get children walking and biking

• Where it’s not safe, make changes


THE NEED FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL


2009 39% rode bus 13% walk or bike 45% family vehicle

1969 38% rode bus 48% walk or bike 12% family vehicle

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF LESS WALKING/BIKING

Obesity on the rise in Minnesota and U.S.


Rep. Minnesota Department of Health, n.d. Web. 2015. Minnesota’s overall obesity

• Parents driving

• Children are, on average, 12 times more distracting to a driver than talking on a mobile phone while at the wheel. (MUARC Study, 2013)

• Parents driving children to school make up 20%-25% of morning traffic (NHTSA 2003)

• Traffic Congestion/Engine Idling

• Idling an engine produces 2X exhaust emissions as an engine in motion

• Increases air pollution around the school

• 10 seconds of idling wastes more fuel than restarting the engine


UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF LESS WALKING/BIKING

THE IMPACT OF WALKING


REASONS FOR DECREASED WALKING/BIKING

• Traffic danger

• Significant portion of traffic congestion is located around the schools

• Adverse weather

• Land-Use changes – School Siting

• Individual community issues


WHAT CAN WE DO?

• The 6-E Approach

• Education

• Encouragement

• Enforcement

• Engineering

• Equity

• Evaluation


EDUCATION

• Teaches safety skills

• Creates safety awareness

• Fosters life-long safety habits


ENCOURAGEMENT

• Increases popularity of walking and bicycling

• Is an easy way to start SRTS programs

• Emphasizes fun of walking and biking


ENFORCEMENT

• Increases awareness of pedestrians and bicyclists

• Improves driver behavior

• Helps children follow traffic rules

• Decreases parent perceptions of danger


ENGINEERING

• Creates safer, more accessible settings for walking and bicycling

• Can influence the way people behave


EQUITY

• Equity allows resources to be provided on the basis of need.

• Walking, bicycling, and public transit need to be safe and convenient for everyone.

• Equity in safe routes to school aims to ensure that funding and programs prioritize underserved areas that may suffer from disproportionate health problems and traffic safety issues, or have limited transportation options.


EVALUATION

• Is the program making a difference?


6-E PLANNING APPROACH

• Education teaches safety skills.

• Encouragement increases popularity and emphasizes fun.

• Enforcement helps children keep traffic laws and improves driver behavior.

• Engineering creates safer conditions.

• Equity considers where enhancements are most needed.

• Evaluation determines the program’s effectiveness.


PLANNING PROCESS OVERVIEW

• Meeting 1: Introduction to SRTS and Creation of Vision/Problem Statements

• Surveys, Existing Conditions, Observations

• Meeting 2: Walk Audit Event and Review of Vision/Problem Statements

• Action Plan Development

• Meeting 3: Action Plan Review

• Plan Document Development

• Meeting 4: Review of Draft Plan

• Finalize Plan


PLANNING PROCESS OVERVIEW


THE SRTS TEAM

• Made up of people (i.e. school administration, teachers, parents, etc.) interested in student safety and community livability.

• Expectations of the SRTS Team

• Provide input/collect information to inform the SRTS plan

• Edit and prioritize plan strategies

• Review the full plan document

• Who else should be on the SRTS Team?


STICKY NOTE EXERCISE

In our warm-up activity, you answered…

What do you do to support walking and biking at Proctor Schools?


10-MINUTE BREAK!


WARM-UP ACTIVITY #2

On a sticky note, complete the sentence…

In 5 years, the walking/biking program and environment at Proctor Schools will…

Use one sticky note per answer, and keep your sticky note(s).

Examples: Be inclusive of underserved students, Foster partnerships with city/county public works, Be fun!


EXISTING WALKING/BIKING CONDITIONS


• School site conditions

• District transportation and wellness policies

• Walking, biking, and transit facilities

• School recreation facilities

• Student locations

• Recent/planned enhancements

www.arrowheadplanning.org/I-FallsSRTS

Vinland Street/MSAS 102 (2,500 ADT)

BAY VIEW ELEMENTARY

Bike parking

Parking

School bus drop-off/pick-up zones

Student drop-off/pick-up zones

www.arrowheadplanning.org/I-FallsSRTSUgstad Road/CR 284 (760 ADT)

A.I. JEDLICKA MIDDLE / PROCTOR HIGH

Bike parking

Staff Parking

Student Parking

School bus drop-off/pick-up zones

Student drop-off/pick-up zones


• District Transportation Policy (707)

• Transportation for students offered for students:

• Residing more than one mile away from school

• Facing hazardous conditions if they were to walk

• When wind chill factor reaches -30° F. or colder

• The district may enact a full-service school zone at its discretion.


• Maximum walking distances• To and from school

• To and from bus stop



Grade Level Distance Exceptions, if any

Kindergarten To end of block

Grades 1-6 One-half mile Hazardous conditions

Junior High One mile Hazardous conditions

Senior High One mile

Grade Level Distance Exceptions, if any

Kindergarten Ride Bus

1-6 One-half mile Hazardous conditions

Grades 7-8 One-half mile Hazardous conditions

Senior High One-half mile

SRTS Recommended

School Walk Distances:

• K-5 – 0.5 miles ✓

• 6-8 – 1 mile ✓

• 9-12 – 1.5 miles ✗


• District Wellness Policy (533)

• Supports physical activity opportunities before and after school

• Programming

• Space

• Equipment

• Supports Safe Routes to School

• Improvements for walking and biking as needed

• Collaboration with local governments




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WALKING FACILITIES

Notes:

• Per Proctor City Code, paved

sidewalks are required along

all roads in new

developments.

• Per Duluth Legislative Code,

bikes cannot be parked on

sidewalks.

• A property owner in Proctor

must remove snow from

abutting sidewalks within 12

hours after snowfall, and

property occupants in Duluth

within 24 hours.

Sidewalks



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BIKE FACILITIES

Notes:

• Bikes are legal vehicles.

• Per Proctor City Code,

bicycles are not permitted on

any public sidewalks.

• Per Proctor City Code,

headlights and reflectors are

required for bicyclists at night.

• Per Duluth Legislative Code,

pedestrians have right of way

on shared pathways.

On-road bike route



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TRANSIT FACILITIES

Bus shelters

Transit Line

OTHER NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLES

• Per Proctor City Code, roller skates, rollerblades, rollerskis, scooters, or “similar non-motorized vehicles” are prohibited on:

• Boundary Avenue

• Second Avenue/Lavaque Road (from U.S. Hwy 2 to the Hermantown City Limits)

• U.S. Highway 2

• Third Avenue from Fourth Street to Seventh Street

• Second Street (from Boundary Avenue to Ninth Avenue and from the sidewalk at Second Avenue and Highway 2)

• Ugstad Road

• Fifth Street

• Fifth Avenue on the west side of Proctor

• Fourth Street West

• All public sidewalks within the City

• Children 8 years and younger are prohibited from operating or riding these on any city street in Proctor, except the crossing of Hwy 2 and 2nd Street.

• Tricycles and skateboards are prohibited on all public streets, roadways, highways, and alleys located within the City of Proctor.




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SCHOOL RECREATION FACILITIES

School district recreation facility

City recreation facility



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STUDENT LOCATIONS



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OVERVIEW

School

DTA bus stop shelter

School district recreation facility

City recreation facility

Sidewalk

On-road bike route

Transit line


• Recent/Planned Enhancements

• School Zone Speed Feedback Signs – Ugstad Road and Vinland Street

• Proctor-Hermantown Munger Trail Spur (Planned)

• St. Louis County Roads Project (Summer 2017)




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PROCTOR-HERMANTOWN MUNGER TRAIL SPUR

Note: This corridor is one

of several proposed

alignments for the trail.



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2017 COUNTY ROAD PROJECTS – NON-MOTORIZED

5th Street

Spot sidewalk

replacement and

ADA improvements at

intersections

Boundary Avenue

Spot sidewalk

replacement and

ADA improvements at

intersections

Lavaque Road

Full sidewalk

replacement on the

east side moving the

sidewalk to back of

curb and ADA

improvements at

intersections

4th Street/5th Avenue

Spot sidewalk

replacement and

ADA improvements at

intersections

Ugstad Road

New sidewalk and

ADA improvements at

intersections

MAP EXERCISE

• Split into two groups – one for Bay View Elementary and one for Jedlicka Middle/Proctor High School.

• With the ABC blocks, identify where there are no safe places to walk or bike, where there are traffic-related safety issues, where underserved neighborhoods are located, etc.…

• Assign a “secretary” to jot down your group’s notes for each point on the flipchart.


VISION STATEMENT DEVELOPMENT

In Warm-up Activity #2, you answered…

In 5 years, the walking/biking program and environment at Proctor Schools will…


NEXT STEPS

• Surveys and classroom tallies

• Develop draft problem and vision statements

• Next meeting date – Walk audit event


RUSSELL HABERMANN

PLANNER

ARROWHEAD REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

218.529.7552

[email protected]

CHRIS BELDEN

PLANNER

DULUTH-SUPERIOR METROPOLITAN INTERSTATE COUNCIL

218.529.7502

[email protected]

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