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Commute Options details Safe Routes to School, vanpools and driver training expansion
Summary
Brian Potwin, executive director of Commute Options, updated the Bend MPO TAC on Safe Routes to School programming in 10 schools, an expanding vanpool fleet, the GetThere incentive program and the statewide Oregon Friendly Driver training; he outlined staffing growth, mapping and funding vulnerabilities tied to federal dollars.
Brian Potwin, executive director of Commute Options, told the Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Advisory Committee that the organization is running Safe Routes to School programs in 10 schools across Bend and La Pine and serving more than 3,000 students annually.
Potwin said the program focuses on pedestrian and bicycle safety education, “learn to ride” clinics, helmet giveaways funded by mini- and foundation grants, and suggested walking and rolling route maps produced in coordination with City of Bend staff and schools.
The maps, Potwin said, are posted on the Bend-La Pine Schools transportation…
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