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Safe
Routes to School
Resource Directory
(Compiled May 2002)
Safe Routes to School Clearinghouse
Peggy DaSilva
Center for Health Training
614 Grand Avenue, Suite 400
Oakland, CA 94610
Tel: 877-4SAFERT
www.4saferoutes.org
The National SAFE KIDS Campaign
1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004-1707
Tel: 202-662-0900
www.safekids.org
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
The University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center
730 Airport Road, Suite 300
Campus Box 3430
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3430
Tel: 919-962-2202
www.pedbikeinfo.org
www.bicyclinginfo.org
National Walk to School Day
www.walkstoschool-usa.org
International Walk to School Day
www.iwalktoschool.org
California Walk to School Day Headquarters
CA Department of Health Services
E-mail: Walkday@dhs.ca.gov
Tel: 888-393-0353
www.cawalktoschool.com
Marin County Safe Routes to Schools
Marin County Bicycle Coalition
Wendi Kallins
PO Box 201
Forest Knolls, CA 94933
Tel: 415-488-4101
www.saferoutestoschools.org
California’s Safe Routes to School Initiative
Demonstration projects in nine communities, Sept. 2000 through May 2002.
Case studies available.
Anne Seeley
UC San Francisco/CA Department of Health Services
PO Box 942732-Mail stop 675
Sacramento, CA 94234-7320
www.dhs.ca.gov/routes2school
Go for Green
Unit 16, 5480 Canotek Road
Ottawa, ON K1J 9H6
Canada
Toll free: 888-822-2848
www.goforgreen.ca
Sustrans
SR2S Program
35 King Street
Bristol, BS1 4DZ
United Kingdom
Tel: 011-44-117-929-0888
www.saferoutestoschools.org.uk
Way to Go!
3538 West 24th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6S IL4
Canada
Tel: 604-732-1511
www.waytogo@telus.net
Florida Traffic and Bike Safety Education Program
University of Florida
Linda Crider, Director
Pete Davidson, Program Assistant
Department of Urban & Regional Planning
PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL 32611
Tel: 352-392-8192
www.plaza.ufl.edu/lcrider
Arlington, Massachusetts, Safe Routes to School Pilot Program
Dorthea Haas
Project Coordinator, WalkBoston
156 Milk Street
Boston, MA 02109
Tel: 617-451-1570
www.walkboston.org/
Arlington County Safe Routes to School
Arlington County Public Affairs Division
2100 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 310
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel: 703-228-3969
www.civfe.org/schosafe.htm
The Bronx Safe Routes to School Program
Earlene Wilkerson, Outreach Coordinator
Transportation Alternatives
115 W. 30th Street, Suite 1207
New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212-629-8080
www.saferoutestoschool.org
Kidwalk to School
Pedestrians Educating Drivers (PEDS)
Sally Flocks
1447 Peachtree Street, Suite 801
Atlanta, GA 30309
Tel: 404-873-5667
www.peds.org/Kidwalk/Kidwalk_index.htm
City of Chicago Walking School Bus Program
City of Chicago Department of Transportation
30 North LaSalle Street, #400
Chicago, IL 60602
Tel: 312-742-2755
The Walking School Bus
A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Prepared by Pinnacle Research for Christchurch
New Zealand
www.pinnacleresearch.co.nz/wsb.htm
Kidwalk to School
Jessica Shisler, MPH
Coordinator, Walk to School Programs
Active Community Environments Team
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
4770 Buford Highway, NE (MS-K46)
Atlanta, GA 30341
Tel: 770-488-5085
Fax: 770-488-5473
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidwalk/index.htm
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
Tel: 800-AHA-USA1
www.americanheart.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
www.cdc.gov/ncipc
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Physical
Activity–Kids Walk to School programs
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physicalactivity/htm.
The American Lung Association
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
212-3115-8700
www.lungusa.org
Street Design Guidelines for Healthy Neighborhoods
by Dan Burden
c/o Center for Livable Communities*
1414 K Street, Suite 600
Sacramento, CA 95814-3929
Tel: 800-290-8202
www.lgc.org
Reclaiming Our Cities and Towns:
Better Living with Less Traffic (1993)
by David Engwicht
New Society Publishers
PO Box 12816
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
www.lesstraffic.com
Making Streets that Work:
Neighborhood Planning Tool
by City of Seattle’s Design Commission, Engineering Department, Office
of Management and Planning
c/o Center for Livable Communities (see above*)
Institute of Transportation Engineers
525 School Street, SW, Suite 410
Washingon, DC 20024
Tel: 202-554-8050
www.ite.org/traffic/index.htm
The Oregon Toolbox for Traffic Calming
www.trans.ci.portland.or.us/Traffic_Management/ Trafficcalming/
Fehr and Peers Transportation Engineers
www.trafficcalming.org/
Parisi Associates
58 Alta Vista Ave.
Mill Valley, CA 94941
415-388-8978
david@parisi-associates.com
Alta Planning + Design
707 C Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
415 482 8660
http://www.altaplanning.com
Federal Highway Administration
www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/tcalm/index.htm
Going Places, Making Choices
www.4hapmc.com
Sarah Cahill, Environmental Program Manager
National 4-H Council
Tel: 301-961-2904
Fax: 301-961-2894
E-mail: scahill@fourcouncil.edu
Portland Kids on the Move
Portland Department of Transportation
Shannon Parker
Tel: (503) 823-5391
www.trans.ci.portland.or.us/pdot
Smart Moves – Transportation Curriculum
Climate Solutions
610 East 4th Avenue
Olympia, WA 98501
Tel: (360) 352-1763
Fax: (360) 943-4977
E-mail: info@climatesolutions.org
Copies also can be downloaded from www.climatesolutions.org/k-12/smartmoves.html
American Automobile Association (AAA)
Foundation for Traffic Safety
1440 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 201
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-638-5944
www.aaafts.org
www.ottoclub.org
League of American Bicyclists
Michael Klasmeier, Program Director
1612 K Street, NW, Suite 401
Washington, DC 20006-2802
E-mail: mailto:mike@bikeleague.org
Tel: 202 822-1333
Fax: 202 822-1334
www.bikeleague.org
Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety
Bruce Mackey, Nevada State Education Officer
555 Wright Way
Carson City, NV 89711
Tel: (775) 687-4229
http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/SavvyCyclist/index.html
Minnesota Bicycle & Pedestrian Alliance
210 E. 10th Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Tel: 651-290-0405
www.bikeped.org
Trips for Kids
Marilyn Price
E-mail: tfkbike@pacbell.net
Tel: 415-458-2986
Northern Lights Outreach Program
Todd Blackmoore
E-mail: todd@northernlightsracing.com
Tel: 916-829-1307
www.northernlightsracing.com
Home to School Safe Travel for Children Train-the-Trainer
Colorado Department of Transportation Gay Page
Tel: 303-757-9982
Teaching Safe Bicycling Program (TSB)
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Developed by We Bike
JoAnne Pruitt Thunder
Tel: 608-267-3154 (Wisconsin DOT)
Peter Flucke
Tel: 920-497-3196,
E-mail: webike@aol.com
Charles Hammond,
Youth Bicycle Education Network
Tel: 317-253-3632
E-mail: chamond@iupui.edu
www.yben.org
Park Tool School
A mechanics-based class offered through bike shops. The materials are designed
to be taught by someone with a rudimentary understanding of bicycles.
www.parktool.com/school.htm
Stop, Look and Listen with Willy Whistle/Walking with Your Eyes
“Willy Whistle” is a lively, animated character featured in this
video designed to teach pedestrian skills to children. “Stop and Look with
Willy Whistle,” the first segment of the video, is designed for children
in kindergarten through third grade. The second segment, “Walking with
Your Eyes,” teaches more complex pedestrian behavior for children in grades
four through seven, and is supported by a teacher’s guide (6P0062).
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Tel: 202-366-0910
www.nhtsa.gov
Ride Smart: It's Time to Start
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
DOT HS 809 397 (January 2002)
Tel: 202-366-0910
www.nhtsa.gov
A Kids Eye View
Basics of Bicycling
Effective Cycling
League of American Bicyclists
Tel: 202-822-1333
www.bikeleague.org
California State Automobile Association
150 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel: 415-565-2305
www.aaafts.org
www.ottoclub.org
Jello in a Jar (excellent helmet safety video)
www.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=104&folder_id=184
Bill Nye the Science Guy
http://asp.disney.go.com/Educational/TeacherStore/db/detailed_view.asp?product_id=68A37VL00
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
www.henryhikes.com
Young TransNet
www.youngtransnet.org.uk
Educating Teenage Cyclists
www.bicyclinginfo.org/ee/ed_teenage.htm
www.imaginelondon.org.uk
Sustrans
www.sustrans.org.uk
National Safe Kids Coalition (USA)
www.safekids.org
www.bicyclinginfo.org/rd/ed_aware.htm
Transportation for Livable Communities
www.tlcnetwork.org
Car Free Day
www.ecoplan.org/carfreeday/EarthCFD/ec_index.htm
www.railtrails.org
Walking School Bus Guide For Parents And Teachers
A guide for parents and teachers with step-by-step instructions on how
to setup walking school buses in communities.
http://www.pinnacleresearch.co.nz/wsb.htm
Bernadine Walsh, Transport Executive
EECA's Auckland office
Tel: 09 916 4640
Bernadine.Walsh@eeca.govt.nz
CycleSmart (Animated cycle safety training for elementary students.)
www.ingenuityworks.com
E-mail: info@ingenuityworks.com (please include your name and phone number.)
Tel: 800-665-0667 (toll free from United States and Canada)
604-412-1555
Fax: 604-431-7996
Safer Journey
Interactive CD-ROM for improving "Pedestrian Safety"; useful
for elementary and middle school. It is available on CD-ROM and also can be
viewed online at http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/ped_bike.htm; click on
"Pedestrian Info" and then click on "Safer Journey."
Federal Highway Administration
400 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20590
Tel: 202-366-8044
Fax: 202-366-3222
Bicycle, Pedestrian, & Transit
Advocacy America WALKS
PO Box 29103
Portland, OR 97210
Tel: 503-222-1077
www.americawalks.org
Bikes Belong
1368 Beacon Street
Brookline, MA 02446-2800
Tel: 617-734-2810
www.BikesBelong.org
League of American Bicyclists
1612 K Street, NW, Suite 401
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202-822-1333
www.bikeleague.org
The Center for Livable Communities
Local Government Commission
1414 K Street, Suite 600
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: 916-448-1198 or 800-290-8202
www.lgc.org
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
1100 17th Street, NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-331-9696
www.railtrails.org
California office: Laura Cohen
Tel: 415-397-2220
Surface Transportation Policy Project
1100 17th Street, NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-466-2636
California Office
James Corless
Tel: (415) 956-7795
www.transact.org
Walkable Communities, Inc.
Dan Burden
320 South Main Street
High Springs, FL 32643
Tel: 904-454-3304
www.walkable.org
California Bicycle Coalition
Chris Morfas, Executive Director
926 J Street, Suite 509
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: 916.446.7558
www.calbike.org
Thunderhead Alliance
Adam Spey, Executive Director
Tel: 202-728-9100
www.thunderheadalliance.org
Marin County Bicycle Coalition
Debbie Hubsmith, Executive Director
PO Box 35
San Anselmo, CA 94979
Tel: 415-456-3469
www.marinbike.org
Marin Share the Road
Malcolm Foster, Director
33 Matilda Avenue
Mill Valley, CA 94941-2161
Tel: 415-388-3818
www.marinsharetheroad.org
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
400 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, DC 20590
Tel: 202-366-0910
www.nhtsa.gov
Safe Routes to School Program
(California Department of Transportation)
PO Box 942873
Sacramento, CA 94273-0001
Tel: 916-654-5266
www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LocalPrograms/saferoute.htm
Federal Highway Administration
400 Seventh St., SW
Washington D.C. 20590
www.fhwa.dot.gov
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
www.cdc.gov