Label
DPW030326WLSSAFEROUTESTOSCHOOL
Division of Traffic Management
Gary Stookey, P.E. (x1306)
Revised
Title
Authorizing and expressing the City of Toledo's support for applications to the Ohio Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School Grant Programs for funds to construct infrastructure enhancements and engage in education and encouragement activities to improve pedestrian and bicycle access for students traveling to Washington Local Schools; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The U.S. Department of Transportation provides funding administered through the Ohio Department of Transportation for infrastructure improvements and educational activities to provide safer pedestrian and bicycle access to schools. This program is known as the "Safe Routes to School" program. Applications are accepted to provide funding for improvements and activities that address a deficiency identified in an approved School Travel Plan (Plan) for the school district.
Live Well Greater Toledo (Live Well), a program of the YMCA of Greater Toledo, is a diverse collaboration of community leaders and organizations working together to promote policy, systems, and environmental change for a healthier community. Live Well takes a lead role in advocating for active transportation (pedestrian and bicycle transportation) in the City of Toledo and the region. In 2020 Live Well partnered with the City of Toledo, Washington Local Schools (WLS), TMACOG, ODOT, and Toledo Lucas County Health Department to fund and complete the "School Travel Plan" (Plan) for Washington Local Schools. The Plan documented obstacles for the use of active transportation for students to travel to school and lists a set of improvements and activities to overcome these obstacles. The Plan was endorsed by City Council on February 25, 2020 in Resolution 76-20.
Live Well and the City of Toledo have successfully applied for over $390,000 in grant funds for Safe Routes impr...
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