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Safe Routes to School reports $38.9M spent, 603 barriers fixed; plan refresh to account for school consolidations
Summary
TPW’s Safe Routes to School team updated the Urban Transportation Commission on infrastructure investments from 2016 and 2020 bond funds, reporting roughly $38.9 million in construction to date, 603 barriers addressed out of an initial 4,600 identified, and a planned refresh that will include high schools and AISD boundary changes.
Austin Transportation & Public Works briefed the Urban Transportation Commission on progress from the city’s Safe Routes to School infrastructure program and plans to refresh its infrastructure plan to account for new schools and recent school boundary changes.
"The mission of the Safe Routes to School program is to increase the number of students walking and biking to school by creating a safer, healthier, and more equitable environment that fosters human powered transportation," said Colleen Gentles, the program’s infrastructure project manager.
Gentles summarized the Safe Routes program’s four arms — crossing-guard operations (more than 200 guards), in‑class education and trainings, engagement campaigns such as…
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