Safe Routes to School Toolkit
The Safe Routes to School Toolkit contains resources to promote walking and pedestrian safety through Oakland's elementary schools. The Oakland Pedestrian Safety Project developed this toolkit for principals, community organizers, teachers, and parents to promote walking to school as a safe and healthy activity. It explains what we have learned over the years from working with schools on pedestrian safety, pick-up/drop-off issues, and Walk to School Day. It answers a request that we've received from principals, teachers, and parents to extend Walk to School Day from a one day event to a year round program. This toolkit is our effort to develop such a comprehensive Safe Routes to School program in Oakland.
The Safe Routes to School Toolkit is organized in three folders, one each for principals/organizers, teachers, and parents. The Principal/Organizers' folder contains a complete set of all resources plus Spanish and Chinese versions of selected flyers.
Safe Routes to School Toolkit in pdf format:
- Principal/Organizer Toolkit (3.4 MB) - includes all Toolkit flyers:
- Welcome to the Toolkit - a letter to principals
- Toolkit Contents - an overview of Toolkit resources
- Safe Crossing Programs - explanation of different crossing guard programs
- Drop-off Solutions (2 pages) - explanation of how to create safe drop-off and pick-up zones, with examples from Oakland schools
- Spanish Translations of selected flyers: Welcome to the Toolkit - Letter to Parents, Safety Facts, Health Facts, Kids at Risk, Rules of the Sidewalk, Getting to School, Drop-off Tips
- Chinese Translations of selected flyers: Welcome to the Toolkit - Letter to Parents, Safety Facts, Health Facts, Kids at Risk, Rules of the Sidewalk, Getting to School, Drop-off Tips
- Walk Oakland! Map - Contact OPSP for a sample.
- Plus versions of all flyers listed below.
- Teacher Toolkit (1.1 MB) - includes the following Toolkit flyers:
- Welcome to the Toolkit - a letter to teachers
- Mapping Activities (2 pages) - ideas to incorporate mapping into the curriculum
- Classroom Activities - survey and math curriculum ideas
- Video and Flyer: Safe Moves Town - pedestrian training video for kids. Contact OPSP for a sample video.
- Video: Riding the Bus - a fun, how-to video for kids. Contact OPSP for a sample video.
- Bus Riding Resources - additional curriculum materials on bus riding
- Safety Facts - facts about pedestrian safety
- Health Facts - facts about walking and health issues
- Kids at Risk - facts about kids and rules for walking
- Rules of the Sidewalk - rules for children at intersections
- No Sidewalk Parking - a flyer for cars blocking the sidewalk (copy on bright paper)
- City Resources - list of useful city resources
- Walk Oakland! Map - Contact OPSP for a sample.
- Parent Toolkit (893 KB) includes the following flyers:
- Welcome to the Toolkit - a letter to parents
- Safety Facts - facts about pedestrian safety
- Health Facts - facts about walking and health issues
- Kids at Risk - facts about kids and rules for walking
- Rules of the Sidewalk - rules for children at intersections
- Getting to School - strategies to decrease traffic near schools
- Drop-off Tips - safety tips for drop-off and pick-up
- No Sidewalk Parking - a flyer for cars blocking the sidewalk (copy on bright paper)
- City Resources - list of useful city resources
