Next Steps
Some recommendations for moving forward with this program are as follows: Seek out appropriate funding sources to complete the engineering improvements outlined in this plan o Safe Routes to School funds o Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Funds o Minnesota State Highway Funds o DNR Trail Funding o Funding from organizations such as Bikes Belong o Local Funds Identify projects that each school would like to take on in an effort to encourage a healthy, active lifestyle and increase walking/biking. View bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure as an integrated part of Parkers Prairie’s transportation system. Continue meeting as a SRTS team or task another team with completing noninfrastructure projects related to SRTS Look into creating a paid position at the school o Apply for SRTS non-infrastructure implementation to help fund
PARKERS PRAIRIE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLAN
Safe Routes planning is meant to identify strategies that Parkers Prairie can use to continue this work towards creating a community where walking and biking to school is a viable and safe choice. It is important that this work be on-going in order to help create a cultural shift in the community to more fully embrace walking and biking to school. Where it is safe we want to encourage children to walk/bike, where it is not safe we want to work to make it safe.
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