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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all necessary agreements with the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD), and any required subsequent amendments, to provide “Safe Routes to School” bicycle and pedestrian safety education programs at Long Beach Unified School District elementary and middle schools, and child development center program sites in Long Beach. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In order to provide “Safe Routes to School” bicycle and pedestrian safety education programs at LBUSD elementary and middle schools, and child development center program sites in Long Beach, the City of Long Beach needs to execute an agreement with LBUSD.
The Department of Public Works, Transportation Programs Division, is working with Safe Moves, a non-profit organization, to provide bicycle and pedestrian safety education at the schools. This work is funded through Safe Routes to School (SR2S) grant funding. This project was awarded full funding through SR2S at $500,000, over the course of a two-year period, and does not require the City to provide any local match.
School Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Rodeos are conducted to allow students to learn about safety by walking and bicycling through a miniature city consisting of streets, sidewalks, intersections, crosswalks, traffic signals, traffic signs, residential areas, business districts, cars, trucks, buses, and a railroad track with signals, crossing gate and train. The miniature city is designed to simulate the diverse traffic environments in the City of Long Beach and to create “problem solving” experiences for each grade level. Treadmills and rock climbing walls will also be used to reinforce learning. Treadmills and stationary bicycles are set up for elementary students so they can see how far they can walk or ride in a given amount of time. To convey the physical impact of collisions, middle school students have the opportunity to climb a mobile rock wall while wearing a safety harness, unde...
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