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Haley Bishop presents Safe Routes to School findings; parents and staff press for crossings, transit access
Summary
An AmeriCorps intern presented Flagstaff City’s Safe Routes to School existing-conditions report showing roughly 61–62% of students are driven to school, and recommended low-cost education, sidewalk completion, crossing guards and transit passes; parents and Mountain Line staff urged closer coordination on crossings, signage and bus access.
Haley Bishop, an AmeriCorps intern and NAU geography student, presented an existing-conditions report on the Safe Routes to School program, telling the committee the student-tally survey shows about 61–62% of students are driven to school and that national research suggests Safe Routes efforts have reduced pedestrian and bicyclist injuries by roughly 23%.
"So, this is our existing conditions report that we had created by EECOM," Bishop said, outlining data on mode share, neighborhood walksheds and top parent concerns and recommendations. She told the committee that parents most frequently cited high vehicle speeds near schools, missing school signage and a lack of crossing guards as barriers to walking and biking.
The presentation listed school-specific recommendations: completing…
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