Approved BSAP Vendor: Safe Passage
Approved BSAP Vendor: Safe Passage
The Safe Passage program is offered to schools to provide a positive, trusted adult presence for students as they travel to and from school. Safe Passage Coaches are posted on Safe Passage routes to support children traveling to and from school during arrival and dismissal bell times.
Our program creates a solution to increase physical activity and improve unsafe walking and bicycling conditions. The school setting provides a unique opportunity to encourage walking and bicycling to travel to and from school, especially for walking, as an activity during the school day.
Elements of our Safe Passage Programs
Education
Encouragement
Encouragement
Education activities target parents, neighbors, and other drivers in the community to remind them to yield to pedestrians, to drive safely, and to make it safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. Parents serve as role models for their children and play an essential part in teaching them pedestrian and bicycle safety. Education activities als
Education activities target parents, neighbors, and other drivers in the community to remind them to yield to pedestrians, to drive safely, and to make it safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. Parents serve as role models for their children and play an essential part in teaching them pedestrian and bicycle safety. Education activities also teach students how to walk and bike safely and the benefits of doing so.
Encouragement
Encouragement
Encouragement
Encouragement strategies generate excitement about walking and bicycling safely to school. Children, parents, teachers, school administrators, and others can all be involved in special events like our monthly “We Outside” walk to school day, where all parents are encouraged to walk their students to school.
Enforcement
Enforcement
Enforcement
Enforcement activities can help to change the unsafe behaviors of drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. They can increase driver awareness of laws and improve driver behavior by reducing speeds and increasing pedestrian yield. Additionally, enforcement activities teach pedestrians and bicyclists to walk and bike safely and pay attention t
Enforcement activities can help to change the unsafe behaviors of drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. They can increase driver awareness of laws and improve driver behavior by reducing speeds and increasing pedestrian yield. Additionally, enforcement activities teach pedestrians and bicyclists to walk and bike safely and pay attention to their environment. Enforcement doesn’t just involve the police. Community members, including students, parents, school personnel, and adult crossing guards, ensure everyone follows the rules.
Evaluation
Enforcement
Enforcement
Monitoring and documenting outcomes, attitudes, and trends through data collection before and after the intervention(s).