Chapter 3: Vision and Goals

The SRTS team created a unique vision for the City of Hawley (City) with the Hawley School District (School District). This vision is what the team imagines their community will look like in five to ten years after the successful and complete implementation of the Hawley SRTS Plan. To make the vision a reality, the team set goals to attain and barriers to overcome in pursuit of opportunities to increase walking and bicycling to and from school. The goals outlined below are that of the SRTS team. These goals are attainable through the Action Plan Recommendations section which can be found in the beginning of this document. Those recommendations were not developed to address these goals as an itemized list.

VISION

The City of Hawley seeks to become a community where it is safe and convenient for all its children to walk and bicycle to, from and between schools, where our children can travel, explore and play in their community safely under their own power, and where they learn life-long habits of incorporating physical activity into their daily lives. We will seek to achieve this vision through safety awareness, education, encouragement and self-evaluation, all while building the infrastructure needed to make walking and bicycling safer and more convenient for all.

GOALS

1. Create designated safe routes to and from the Hawley school campus. 2. Expand the sidewalk and pathway system within the city to create a comprehensive network that makes it possible for more children to walk and bike to and from the Hawley school campus. 3. Incorporate the Walk! Bike! Fun! curriculum into the school day to teach children safe walking and bicycling practices. 4. Consider additional walking and bicycling safety awareness and education events such as a bike rodeo. 5. Educate drivers in and those passing through the community of the need to drive at safe and prudent speeds and how to properly interact with bicyclists and pedestrians through a variety of outreach methods. 6. Enforce safe behaviors of drivers, walkers and bicyclists by working together with law enforcement, parents, crossing guards, etc. 7. Continue ongoing assessments of walking behaviors and routes. 8. Evaluate the progress of getting more children to walk and bike to school by using the standardized National Partnership for SRTS “Student Travel Tally” and “Parent Survey.” 9. Create an environment within the public right-of-way that is more conducive to safe walking, bicycling and driving, including those with mobility disadvantages. NOTE: The recommendations in this plan address all 9 goals identified by the Hawley SRTS team.

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