ACTION PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS EDUCATION Goal: Establish at least two educational programs a year within the community to teach and foster good bicycle and pedestrian safety habits. 1.
Facilitate an annual bicycle rodeo event to teach bicycle skills and safety to students. Bicycle rodeos are bicycle safety training events held over the period of several hours that teach bicycle safety lessons and on-bike skills, usually in a station format. Instructors do bicycle safety checks, helmet fittings, instruction about the rules of the road, on-bike obstacle course, and onbike skills drills, etc. While geared towards children, many of the lessons can be appropriate for adults, as well. Bicycles rodeos can be held as part of a larger event or on their own, and either during the school day or outside of school. Adult volunteers can administer rodeos, or they may be offered through the local police department. Key partners in implementing a bicycle rodeo event may (should) include teachers, League of American Bicyclists Cycling Instructors, and PartnerSHIP 4 Health.
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Educate students about the proper walking and bicycling etiquette through in-school and after-school bicycle and pedestrian safety education. a. If not existing, establish an after-school club. b. Utilize the Walk! Bike! Fun! curriculum to help students understand the rules of the road. c.
Identify the need for a bicycle fleet.
Observation results indicate that some students did not exhibit proper walking techniques. Students were not utilizing crosswalks and often did not look for traffic when they were crossing the street. Often young bicyclists displayed improper techniques by riding through stop signs and even not looking before entering an intersection. The Walk! Bike! Fun! curriculum is an in-classroom and real-world (on foot, on bike) educational resource and can help address improper walking and biking behaviors like that often observed by the SRTS team. Taught by specially-trained school district teachers, this curriculum is intended for children ages five through thirteen. It teaches life-long skills related to traffic rules, potential hazards and bike handling skills that enable students to walk and bike safely and comfortably to and from school, along with other trips around their communities. The curriculum addresses a
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