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Safe Routes to School proposals seek $150,000 for education, pedestrian kits and a traffic garden in Bend
Summary
At the TAC meeting, Commute Options and Bend‑La Pine Schools presented linked Safe Routes to School proposals: Commute Options seeks $150,000 in SHF funds for sustained programming and mapping; Bend‑La Pine Schools requested funds for pedestrian education kits and staffing and proposed a traffic garden as a community resource.
Three Safe Routes to School (SRTS) proposals were presented to the Bend MPO Technical Advisory Committee on Oct. 7 aimed at education, outreach and facilities that support walking and biking to school.
Brian Potwin, executive director of Commute Options, said his organization applied for $150,000 in SRTS funding over the program period (noted in materials as $150,000 total, roughly $50,000 per year) to scale a sustainable 02train‑the‑trainer02 model, expand pedestrian safety kits, and run encouragement events and mapping. "We are really focusing on…
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