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Travelling to school safely is everyone’s priority and the Safe Routes to School Program is here to help!
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Encouragement Events
Walk+Roll to School Day – Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019
Join all Tigard schools and students from around the world as we celebrate Walk+Roll to School Day! Walk or roll to school and win cool prizes.
Walkers and bicyclists will arrive at the schools between 7:45 and 8:15 a.m. Contact your school for more information. Events are organized by Tigard and Tualatin schools in partnership with the Safe Routes to School Program and the Tigard-Tualatin School District.
Walk+Roll to School Day raises awareness of the need to create safer routes for walking and bicycling and emphasize the importance of issues such as increasing physical activity among children, pedestrian safety, traffic congestion and concern for the environment. The events build connections between families, schools and the broader community.
Tigard Bike Rodeo - Saturday, May 2,2020
Calling all cowpokes! Join us for bike activities for all ages. Bring your bike and helmet to the bike doctor for a free check-up. Win cool raffle prizes and eat ice cream. This event is free and open to all ages. See you there!
Walk+Roll to School Day – Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Walkers and bicyclists will arrive at the schools between 7:45 and 8:15 a.m. Contact your school for more information. Events are organized by Tigard and Tualatin schools in partnership with the Safe Routes to School Program and the Tigard-Tualatin School District.
Walk+Roll to School Day raises awareness of the need to create safer routes for walking and bicycling and emphasize the importance of issues such as increasing physical activity among children, pedestrian safety, traffic congestion and concern for the environment. The events build connections between families, schools and the broader community.
Tips to Increase Walking & Biking
Walking School Bus
A walking school bus is a group of children walking to school with one or more adult. It can be as informal as two families taking turns walking their children to school to a structured route with meeting points, a timetable, and a regularly rotating schedule of trained volunteers. Find out more or view the Walking School Bus Video.
Park & Walk
Sometimes students live outside a comfortable walking distance from school, but parents still want help relieve the congestion of traffic around schools and students still want to be able to walk. A great option is to Park & Walk — where parents drive (or carpool with others) partway to school and then their students walk the rest of the way. You can really Park & Walk from anywhere, but some ideas include city parks, church parking lots, or other meeting spots. You can even get a group to meet at the central location for kids to walk together.
Action Plans
What is an Action Plan?
The City of Tigard is working with parents, school staff, and the school district to develop school specific Action Plans. Action Plans identify the key barriers to walking and biking and then prioritizes strategies to address these barriers. Strategies can be encouragement events, education, engineering/ infrastructure, and enforcement.
What are your barriers?
In order to develop an Action Plan that will fully address the barriers to walking and biking to school, we need to hear from you!
Safe Routes to School Yard Signs
The City of Tigard’s Safe Routes to School Program is providing FREE yard signs to residents who want to encourage safe driving in their neighborhoods. You can pick one up for free at one of the following locations:
More information:
Unfortunately, local recyclers do not accept corrugated plastic yard signs. If you no longer want the sign in your yard, please let someone else use it, or return it to one of the pick-up locations.
Questions?
Contact Safe Routes to School Coordinator
Phone: 503-718-2708
E-mail: SafeRoutestoSchool@tigard-or.gov
Made possible with support from Metro and the Federal Transit Administration
Tigard's Safe Routes to School Program is made possible with support from Metro and the Federal Transit Administration
Traffic Safety Concern?
If you have a concern about a traffic safety issue within Tigard city limits, please submit a traffic complaint form that will be sent to Tigard’s Traffic Enforcement Unit.
Walking School Buses – Start One Today!
A walking school bus is a group of children walking to school with one or more adults. The flexibility of the walking school bus makes it appealing to communities of all sizes with varying needs.
Start Simple!
Remember the program can always grow; it often makes sense to start with a small bus and see how it works. Choose a group of parents and children in your neighborhood who are interested.
Have Fun!
Walking School Buses have many benefits: