Safe Routes to School (SR2S) ProgramTraduzca esta página al español. The STA's Safe Routes to School (SR2S) Program's goal is to improve student travel safety and increase the popularity of students walking and bicycling to school. The STA accomplishes this goal by working with a varierty of stakeholders across the county to plan and implement Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, and Engineering projects. On February 13, 2008, the STA Board adopted the STA's Safe Routes to School Plan and authorized STA staff to create a Safe Routes to School Program in Solano County. The STA is starting a $300,000 pilot program to build specific bicycle and pedestrian projects.
Press Release - SR2S Plan Wins Northern California APA "Grassroots Initiative Award." STA Safe Routes to School Plan
The STA's SR2S Plan process included over 100 different committee members and over 450 different parents, teachers, students, and neighbors at 29 schools across the county. Each city developed a local SR2S adopted by each city's council and school board. These local plans are incorporated into the STA's countywide SR2S plan. The STA's SR2S Plan is organized as follows:
Download the Executive Summary (1MB, PDF) of the Solano Transportation Authority's Safe Routes to School Plan. Download the entire Solano Transportation Authority's Safe Routes to School Plan (8.1MB, PDF, Adopted February 13, 2008). STA Safe Routes to School Pilot Engineering Program
Download the powerpoint presentation delivered to the STA Board on June 11, 2008 summarizing these projects. More funding for engineering projects may be available in FY 2009/10. For more information regarding funding opportunities for Safe Routes to School projects, please visit Caltrans' Safe Routes to School website. $46M is available statewide, with applications due July 18, 2008. For more information regarding this funding program, please contact Sam Shelton, (707) 399-3211, sshelton@sta-snci.com. STA Safe Routes to School "Bike Rodeos" & "Walk and Roll Days"
The STA received $116,000 from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to begin the SR2S program in Benicia, Fairfield, Suisun City, and Vallejo. Based on district enrollment and previous cooperation with the STA, the following schools will receive grants of up to $2,500 for Walk and Bike to School Contest Events:
In October 2008, the BAAQMD awarded an additional $400,000 for the STA to carry on the program into the next fiscal year and build 23 radar speed signs in these same cities. For more information regarding this program, please contact Sam Shelton, (707) 399-3211, sshelton@sta-snci.com. Student Surveys 2009:
For just two days between May 26, 27, or 28, teachers take five minutes to ask their classes two questions:
*For high schools, please conduct this survey in a method that reaches all students (e.g., Will C. Wood HS distributes information in English classes that all students are required to take). The more information that the STA has about your school, the more competitive your school will be for grant funds. Please send these surveys either through email to sshelton@sta-snci.com with the subject line "SR2S Survey (School name)" or mail them to: Solano Transportation Authority
SR2S Program contact: Sam Shelton, (707) 399-3211, sshelton@sta-snci.com.
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On June 11, 2008, the STA Board awarded $300,000 in air quality funding for three projects:
Bike Rodeos are a series of bike safety training stations designed to improve bicycling skills and rider awareness in cooperation with local police. 
Walk and Roll days are encouragement events where students who walk and bike to school are given tickets (a few blocks from school by volunteers) that they can redeem for treats and prizes.
