Oceanside Safe Routes to School

Orange County Safe Routes to School Action Plan Downloads

Orange County SRTS Action Plan (final).pdf.

This Safe Routes to School Action Plan summarizes findings and recommendations for

Safe Routes to School support throughout Orange County, California. The Plan recommends

that the critical first step in improving Safe Routes to School (SRTS) in Orange County is to

establish a countywide Safe Routes to School program.

The project team assessed existing SRTS efforts already underway in the county and engaged

with stakeholders and those impacted by or interested in supporting safe school travel to learn

about opportunities and challenges for SRTS efforts countywide. Results of this engagement

and research found that although schools and school districts across Orange County

are already conducting a wide range of SRTS activities, they are experiencing challenges

with competing priorities as well as a lack of staff resources to dedicate to ongoing SRTS

programs. 70% of the county’s schools fall into the top two tiers of the Plan’s needs analysis,

demonstrating the opportunity and need for more support for SRTS.

The Plan’s main recommendations include:

1) Establish a countywide Safe Routes to School Program

2) Create and sustain lasting partnerships

3) Develop a culture of safety

4) Fund and build safe streets

This Plan includes specific actions and strategies

to achieve its four main recommendations, as well

as appendices of further resources to support

implementation of SRTS activities across the county.

 Class I fully separated  bike paths and trails.  This bill subjects a person operating a bicycle on a Class I bikeway to  all of the accident-related Vehicle Code provisions that apply to the driver of a  vehicle on a highway.  2) Requires the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident that injures a person  other than himself or herself, or results in the death of a person, to immediately  stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident.AB 1755 Page 2 3) Requires the driver to give his or her name and current residence address to the  person struck or the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided with, and to  give the information to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident.  4) Requires the driver to render reasonable assistance to any person injured in the  accident, including transporting, or making arrangements for transporting, any  injured person for medical treatment if it is apparent that treatment is necessary  or if such transportation is requested by any injured person. 5) Requires the driver, upon being requested, to exhibit his or her driver’s license  to the person struck or to the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided with,  and to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident.