School Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Improvement presentation given at the 2007 California Walk & Bike Conference at UC Davis. Area of focus: San Francisco

1. School Safety Improvement Project - San Francisco Grassroots Advocacy Making it Happen! Roger Bazeley, M.S.T.M., M.S.I.D., C.T.S.M. DesignStrategy-USA, Transportation Consultants

2. Pedestrians: Have Rights and Expectations for a Safe Journey

3. Growing Safety Concerns: Techno-inattention, Panhandling, Jaywalking, Health/Age/Vision

5. Parents/PTA/Community Ask San Francisco for Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Improvements

6. Three E’s of Safety: Engineering, Education, Enforcement Engineering: Design Enhancements

7. School Site Improvements Bold/Yellow School LADDER crosswalks

8. School Zone/Site: New Technology FYG Signs, Signals/Traffic Control Devices School/PED Zone Driver FYG LED Speed Feedback Signs (3M) Embedded Strobe pavement lights Crosswalks and School Zones

9. New Technologies: Communicate and Educate 24/7 OLD PED Signal Countdown

10. Regional Pedestrian Safety: Educational and Safety PSA Programs

11. Enforcement: Active/Passive SF School Adult Crossing Guards Parking-Traffic Control Officers SFPD-Traffic Unit

17. School Site Traffic Pattern: Analysis Diagram and Parent Drop-off Plan

18. Safe Routes Site Plan Presidio Middle School SF

20. Three levels for intervention: SITE SPECIFIC Retrofit existing problem areas with new design & technology PROJECT CONCEPT Interject safety issues into current project planning, pedestrian plan, infrastructure design and TOD’s POLICY Influence policy, legislative law, local ordnances, funding priorities, methodology, guidelines (MUTCD)

21. Street/School Site/Intersection Citywide, Business and Transit Corridors State, Regional MPO, Cities, Neighborhoods Influence policies, practices, plans, programs and funding processes Eliminate problems with new design solutions and ITS technologies Interject safety and design solutions into current or future project plans Vital Impact Areas for Implementing Sustainable Improvement POLICY DESIGN PLANNING

22. Project Benefits: Safer Communities Workshops, School/Community Audits, Building Active Partnerships BE INVOLVED BE INOVATIVE

23. Be Aware, Be Safe, Be Active, Walk & Bike---or Skate