Bowling Green’s draft Safe Routes to School Travel Plan has been posted for review by the public.
With support from the Ohio Department of Transportation, the City of Bowling Green collaborated with Bowling Green City Schools, Bowling Green Christian Academy, Montessori School of Bowling Green, Saint Aloysius Catholic Elementary and Junior High School, and community stakeholders to develop a School Travel Plan.
This plan outlines the city’s intentions for enabling students to engage in active transportation, such as walking, bicycling or rolling as they travel to and from school.
The public is encouraged to review the Draft Safe Routes to School Travel Plan (PDF) and submit comments by Jan. 30 to Amanda Gamby at Email Amanda Gamby.
Local planning consultants Reveille and Mannik Smith Group have been assisting the city in the plan’s development, meeting with school officials, and identifying areas along critical routes to schools in need of safety upgrades.
The city’s Safe Routes to School Travel Plan is being developed with guidance from a 15-member committee composed of city and school officials, representing all Bowling Green public and nonpublic/parochial schools.
The goal of Ohio’s Safe Routes to School Program is to assist communities in developing and implementing projects and programs that encourage and enable children in grades K-12, including those with disabilities, to walk or bike to school safely. The plan is centered around developing programs and solutions that follow Ohio Department of Transportation’s five “E’s” that include education, encouragement, enforcement, engineering and evaluation.
According to Mayor Mike Aspacher, “The whole community benefits from efforts to enable and encourage more children to walk, bike or roll to school safely. Bowling Green is committed to taking the long-term steps necessary to activating the community through multi-model/pedestrian connectivity solutions.”
“I look forward to the completion of this plan so that we can begin the next phase, which will include securing additional funding necessary to continue ongoing safety improvements along some of our most critical routes,” Aspacher said.
Draft Safe Routes to School Travel Plan (PDF)
Additional Web Resources:
Safe Routes to School: https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/programs/safe-routes-srts/safe-routes-to-school-srts
