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What Is Cupertino's Safe Routes 2 School?

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Creating a Safer Environment for Active Travel to and from School

Background: Cupertino is localizing the larger National Safe Routes to School Program and is mirroring successful model programs that have reduced traffic accidents, reversed the decline in students walking and bicycling to schools, and lessened the alarming nationwide trend toward childhood obesity and inactivity. Data shows us that as much as 20 to 30% of morning traffic can be generated by parents driving their children to school, and traffic-related crashes are the top cause of death and major injury for children in the U.S. ages 1 to 17 (National Center for Safe Routes). 

Mission Statement: Create a safer environment for Cupertino students and families to travel to and from school actively.

Goals: Through this initiative, Safe Routes School (SR2S) members (educators, parents, students, city planners and engineers, business and community leaders, bicycle and pedestrian advocates, community volunteers, etc.) will examine conditions around schools and come together in a large Working Group to share ideas, recommend projects to improve safety and accessibility, and reduce traffic and air pollution in the vicinity of our local schools. As a result, members will help make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation choice, encourage a healthier and more active lifestyle from an early age, and promote social connections and responsibility. 

 

 

Partnership

The pilot phase of Cupertino Safe Routes 2 School was launched in partnership with the following schools, districts, and the Sheriff’s office and has now expanded to include all Cupertino schools as of Summer 2016.

Our School Partners

Our District Partners

Other Partners

Materials

Below is a chronology of Cupertino’s Safe Routes to School Program activities. 

Most Recent Activities