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Santa Clarita, CA, SR2S

Alta Planning + Design conducted a pilot Safe Routes to School Program as part of the City of Santa Clarita's Non-Motorized Transportation Plan. Three pilot schools were chosen based on Alta's gis-based needs analysis that included collision history, proximity to arterials, and percentage of zero-vehicle households within the school enrollment boundaries. Alta introduced the concept of Safe Routes to Schools to parents, teachers and principals of three pilot elementary schools through walk audits, presentations and handouts. Using information gained from field work, Alta developed improvement plans for the three schools. At the conclusion of the program, Alta secured $900,000 in Safe Routes to School grant funding for the City to construct infrastructure improvements at the three pilot schools and to establish a city-wide Safe Routes to School education and encouragement program