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Ohio Safe Routes to School School Travel Plan Guidelines

Ohio Safe Routes to School School Travel Plan Guidelines. Presenter: RJ Eldridge Toole Design Group. Welcome and Introductions. Ohio SRTS District Coordinators ODOT Task Order Consultants. What is a School Travel Plan?.

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Ohio Safe Routes to School School Travel Plan Guidelines

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  1. Ohio Safe Routes to School School Travel Plan Guidelines Presenter: RJ Eldridge Toole Design Group

  2. Welcome and Introductions • Ohio SRTS District Coordinators • ODOT Task Order Consultants

  3. What is a School Travel Plan? • A guiding document to assist in improving walking and bicycling conditions • Team-based • Five E’s

  4. Ohio’s School Travel Plans (STP’s) • Required for funding – must be approved • Two ways to develop: • Self-developed • Consultant-assisted

  5. Ohio’s School Travel Plans (STP’s)

  6. Ohio’s STP Template

  7. STP Template Overview Section 1: Our School/s and SRTS team. Section 2: Our SRTS Vision. Section 3: Existing Conditions. Section 4: Key Issues Impacting Safe Walking and Bicycling to School. Section 5: Recommended SRTS Countermeasures. Section 6: Public Input. Section 7: Final Plan – Pledge of Support.

  8. STP Guidelines – A Reference for Communities Step 1: Identify Target Schools and organize Safe Routes to School Team. Step 2: Hold a kick-off meeting and set a vision. Step 3: Gather information on current student travel. Step 4: Identify key issues. Step 5: Develop countermeasure recommendations. Step 6: Gather public input. Step 7: Finalize the plan and get pledges of support.

  9. STP Guidelines – A Reference for Consultants Step 1: Review community information and schedule a kick-off conference call. Step 2: Hold a kick-off conference call. Step 3: Gather information on current student travel. Step 4: Identify key issues (Meeting 1). Step 5: Develop countermeasure recommendations. Step 6: Gather public input (Meeting 2). Step 7: Incorporate public input and submit final draft of STP.

  10. STP Guidelines: Consultant Steps Step 1 Review community information and schedule a kick-off conference call. (Begin to populate STP Template Section 1)

  11. STP Guidelines: Consultant Steps Step 2 Hold a kick-off conference call. (Continue to populate STP Template Section 1)

  12. Consultant Assisted STP’s - TIMELINE • Dependent upon receipt of summary reports for student travel tallies and parent surveys • Once received, final deliverable due in 13 weeks.

  13. STP Guidelines: Consultant Steps Step 3 Gather information on current student travel. (Begin to populate STP Template Section 3)

  14. STP Guidelines: Consultant Steps Step 4 Identify key issues (Meeting 1). (Complete Sections 1-3, Draft Section 4)

  15. STP Guidelines: Consultant Steps Step 5 Develop countermeasure recommendations. (Draft Section 5)

  16. Non-infrastructure Recommendations 5B. The 12-Month SRTS Non-Infrastructure Activity Calendar

  17. Infrastructure Recommendations Table

  18. Infrastructure Recommendations Map

  19. Initial Review by SRTS Team • Two week turn-around • Specifics needed for 12-month Activity Calendar

  20. STP Guidelines: Consultant Steps Step 6 Gather public input (Meeting 2). (Complete Section 6)

  21. STP Guidelines: Consultant Steps Step 7 Incorporate public input and submit final draft of STP. (Update Sections 5 and 6 as needed)

  22. Final STP • Pledges of support incorporated • Lead Contact submits to ODOT District SRTS Coordinator • Funding cycles: 1st Monday January – 1st Friday March each year

  23. www.dot.state.oh.us/saferoutes

  24. ODOT SRTS School Travel Plans Questions?

  25. Next Steps • School Assignments • Road Safety Audit Training • 2 Sessions the week of June 25

  26. SRTS Quarterly Meeting 2-17-12

  27. Application Access - Timeline • Applications Received: March 2, 2012 • District Review Due: April 10, 11 and 12 • Committee Meeting: April 18 • Letters Mailed: April 30, 2012 • District: • Scope • Program • Track (By district and Program Manager)

  28. SRTS Project Delivery • Projects Announced: • 193 STP’s Announced • 70 Complete • 120 Infrastructure Announced • 31 Sold • 50 Non-Infrastructure Announced • 3 Complete

  29. Infrastructure Projects

  30. Developing a Methodology for STP Development for Large School Districts ODOT SRTS Quarterly Meeting February 17, 2012

  31. Large School Districts • Grant applications not at a rate proportionate to representation in the state. • Existing STP process has the potential to be time-consuming, inefficient, and costly for large districts • 4 school limitation would mean multiple STPs to cover entire district • Current STP guide requires detailed info for each school which may not be feasible for larger districts • Development of Research Project • Large District STP Process is focused on those school districts with more than 15 K-8 schools • The desired objective is a process and program information that ODOT can easily convert to an online guide/toolkit to SRTS applicants within larger school districts

  32. Ohio’s Large School Districts • 16 Districts with 15+ K-8 schools (orange stars) • Columbus – 97 • Cleveland – 76 • Cincinnati – 49 • Akron – 41 • Concentration in suburban Columbus • 5 Districts nearing 15+ K-8 schools (green stars) • Lorain – 14 • Pickerington, Mentor, Elyria, and Findlay – 12

  33. Pilot Project – Cincinnati Public School District • Approached ODOT about being “pilot” district • 49 K-8 schools • No students bussed who live within 1 mile of school • Active SRTS Team • Developing Walking School Bus program

  34. Priority Corridors - Inputs • ArcGIS • School addresses • Student locations • 1 and 2 mile buffers • CAGIS (sidewalks) • Google Earth • Verification • Additional Inputs • Surveys • Walk Audits

  35. Priority Corridors - Development • Least # of routes while providing access to as many students as possible • “Funnels” students • Sidewalks – primary factor • Signalized crosswalks • Google Earth (verify) • 0 to 9 routes per school • Neighborhood vs. Magnet • Similar to Walking School Bus

  36. Priority Corridors – Google Earth layer

  37. Priority Corridors – Countermeasures • Focused on Priority Corridors using Google Earth • Created GIS shapefile of countermeasures • Imported in Google Earth • Share with School District and assist ODOT in determining feasibility of proposed project

  38. Contact Information David Shipps TranSystems Corporation DFShipps@transystems.com (614) 433-7821 (800) 800-5261 Julie Walcoff ODOT’s SRTS Program Manager Julie.Walcoff@dot.state.oh.us (614) 466-3049

  39. Miscellaneous and Questions Speed Feedback Signs – Mike McNeill Every Move – Julie Presentations – Julie Open Forum

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