Safe Routes to School
Summary
The committee backed a plan to map safe walking and biking routes for every K-12 school in the city — public, private, and charter — as an addendum to the Active Transportation Plan. It needs to make the 2027-29 budget to actually happen, with work possibly starting July 2027.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 6
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 17, 2026.
Impact analysis
Funding would come through the 2027-29 budget cycle — no dollars committed yet, but interim research could use Cal Poly student help at low cost.
Kids and families walking and biking to every school in town, especially those near streets lacking safe crossings.
Drivers on the four-lane stretch and side-street users who could face longer delays if a road diet moves forward.
Mentions & discussions (5)
Active Transportation Committee
A subcommittee with SLO County public health has met twice and is seeing rising youth e-bike injury data from the trauma center. Education for middle schoolers and parents is the focus, along with confusion over motorbikes versus legal e-bikes.
Active Transportation Committee
A subcommittee is piloting a Davis, California-style safe routes program at C.L. Smith Elementary, with parent-teacher audits and a Cal Poly student group producing detailed reports. New member Aiden Wells joined the subcommittee to keep momentum going ahead of November budget recommendations.
Active Transportation Committee
No sub-committee members showed, so no update was given this month.
Active Transportation Committee
The committee backed a plan to map safe walking and biking routes for every K-12 school in the city — public, private, and charter — as an addendum to the Active Transportation Plan. It needs to make the 2027-29 budget to actually happen, with work possibly starting July 2027.
Active Transportation Committee
Committee members called Johnson Avenue one of the scariest places to ride a bike, especially for high schoolers, and voted 5-2 to recommend removing a travel lane for buffered bike lanes despite staff warnings about traffic backups, hospital access and evacuation routes.
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