Sacramento 2nd Annual
Safe Routes to School 5 Es Conference
Sacramento County Office of Education
10474 Mather Boulevard, Mather, CA
November 12, 2010
Agenda
Welcome & Introductions
Anne Geraghty, WALKSacramento
Ron Vicari, Sacramento County DOT
(links to presentations highlighted)
Safe Routes and the National Transportation Agenda
Jessica Meaney, Safe Routes National Partnership–California Safe Routes to School
Personal Safety
Anne Geraghty, Moderator
Terry Preston, WALKSacramento
Sarah Underwood, UC Davis MPH Candidate–Walking and Biking to School: Addressing Risk
- How to address ‘stranger danger” in organizing for Safe Routes
- Statistics and historical trends on likelihood of abduction
Talking Tips and Cited Facts about “Stranger Danger”
Breakout Sessions
Starting a Walk to School Program
Led by:Sonja Atkins, Safe Kids Coalition of Greater Sacramento–Safe Routes to School at Deterding Elementary
Virginia Dowd, Parent, Mariemont Elementary School–Mariemont Elementary Walking Wednesday
Selena McKinney, Parent, Earl Legette Elementary School–Getting Started with Safe Routes to Schools, Earl LeGette Elementary School
Shelby Renfeld, Safe Routes Coordinator, City of Roseville
- How to get a walking program up and running
Learning Doesn’t Stop at the Door: Safe Routes in and out of the Classroom
Dario Gonzales, Safe Routes Coordinator, Natomas Unified School Dist
Phil Cox, Teacher, Natomas Unified School District
Tim Starback, Save a Gallon
- Teaching Safe Routes to academic standards
- Incorporating walking & bicycling into math and writing
- Building & using an interactive website: www.saveagallon.org
- List of materials & resources
- Audience Q & A
- Questions and answers from walk to school parent leaders
Liability & Safe Routes
Sara Zimmerman, Senior Staff Attorney, National Center for Law and Policy–Overcoming the Fear of Liability
Designing Schools & Neighborhoods for Safe Routes:How improvements are made and the ways you can help.
Scott Clark, Local Government Commission–Designing Schools and Neighborhoods for Safe Routes: How Improvements Are Made and How You Can Help
Ron Vicari, Sacramento County Department of Transportation–Safe Routes to School Programs
*Piano Stairs video seen in Ron’s presentation – The Fun Theory*
Breakout Sessions
What’s a “Walk Audit”?
Terry Preston, WALKSacramento–Conducting a Walk Assessment
- Organizing a walk audit
- Conducting a walk audit
- What to do with the findings
Getting to School on a Bicycle
Mellissa Meng, North Natomas TMA Walk/Bike to School Mgr
Sarah Underwood, UC Davis MPH Candidate
- Natomas TMA program
- May is Bike Month activities
- Parent-student bike training
- Report on bike behavior research
Finding the Money
Ted Link-Oberstar, Caltrans–Getting From There to Here: Building and Funding a Sustainable Safe Routes Program
Patti Horsley, Safe Routes Technical Assistance Resource Center–Funding Safe Routes to School in California
Reports from School Districts
Scott Clark, Moderator
Anne Geraghty for Nina Mancina, San Juan Unified School District
Bill Heinicke, Elk Grove Unified School District
Bruce Roberts, Natomas Unified School District
Sonja Stires, Sacramento City Unified School District
Raffle & Observations of the day
Trisha Hedahl, Executive Director, Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates
Adjournment
Anne Geraghty, WALKSacramento
View presentations from the 2009 conference
