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MetroPlan presenter outlines Safe Routes to School toolkit, cites high share of driven trips
Summary
MetroPlan staff presented an 81-page Safe Routes to School report, urged a mix of infrastructure and education measures, and said data show a large share of students are driven to school; staff will finalize updated data and offer a PE curriculum toolkit and trainings this summer.
Austin, MetroPlan's transportation demand management planner, presented MetroPlan's Safe Routes to School programming update to the advisory committee on Feb. 4, describing a three‑phase project of stakeholder outreach, data collection and upcoming program implementation and funding work.
"My name is Austin, and I'm the transportation demand management planner for MetroPlan," he told the group as he introduced phase summaries and key findings. Austin said the MetroPlan report draws on parent surveys, student travel tallies, on‑site observations, Mountain Line transit data and Flagstaff Unified School District yellow‑bus records.
The presentation included a sample school report card and a…
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