City Of Saratoga: Safe Routes To School

Press release from the City of Saratoga:

February 7, 2022

Background

Safe Routes to School is an international movement to create safe travel opportunities for children
to walk or bike to school and community members to walk and bike around their neighborhoods. The City of Saratoga is now in the process of developing a citywide Safe Routes to School Master Plan to identify improvements that could be made around schools to encourage walking or biking to school and around neighborhoods. The City has formed a multidisciplinary team comprised of Traffic Safety Commission members, Youth Commission representatives, Saratoga schools,
and the Sheriff’s Office to support the Safe Routes to School effort and increase community awareness.

Over the years, the City has worked closely with the schools to improve infrastructure and facilities to make routes to school safe. The Master Plan will identify and prioritize a list of projects to implement in the future as funding becomes available, either through the City’s Capital Improvement Program or grant opportunities, and allow those projects to be construction ready
when the time comes. Saratoga’s Master Plan will be based on a Safe System method developed by the Federal Highway Administration, which takes an analytical approach to improving traffic safety.

Participate

We want to hear from students, parents, and community members!

Review and Provide Feedback

Please review the map of school locations and recommended projects, and use the online comment form to provide your feedback for the school(s) you are interested in by Monday, February 28, 2022.

The Traffic Safety Commission will review feedback from the community and the draft Safe Routes to School Master Plan at their meeting on Thursday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m.

Subscribe to Receive Notifications

Sign up to receive notifications about Safe Routes to School and learn how you can participate in the process.

Resources

• Types of Traffic Safety Improvements (PDF)
• Recommended Projects for each School:
  • Saratoga High School (PDF)
• Draft Safe Routes to School Master Plan (PDF)
• Safe Routes to School Presentation May 2021 (PDF)

This press release was produced by the City of Saratoga. The views expressed here are the author’s own.