Safe Routes to School
The Homestead HS Safe Routes To School team works closely with the cities of Cupertino, Sunnyvale, and Los Altos to increase the safety along the routes students travel to and from school. The team advocates with the various municipalities for improved safety measures and works with various groups on campus to encourage students to walk, bike, or carpool to school.
Our Team is comprised of staff, parents/guardians, students, and community members - we are always looking for more road safety advocates.
BIKE TIPS
- Make sure to lock up your bikes when they are on campus!
- Do not leave your bikes overnight.
- Students, are you interested in making city wide changes? Are you a biking hobbyist? Join our Homestead Safe Routes to School team. For more information, come see Dean Rahul Sharma.
Introduction to Pedestrian Scrambles
The intersection at Homestead Road and Mary Avenue has a special traffic signal called a "pedestrian scramble." When activated, all vehicles must stop. Pedestrians can then cross in any direction. We filmed a safety video on how to use this signal safely. Please view this link: Introduction to Pedestrian Scrambles
Local road safety plan
he City of Cupertino's Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) identifies traffic safety improvements throughout the City for all modes of transportation and for all ages and abilities for the purpose of reducing fatal and severe injury collisions. The LRSP was achieved through a decision-making process that relied on the evaluation of a comprehensive collision database, partnership with stakeholders, public outreach and using the four "E's of traffic safety: Engineering, Enforcement, Education, and Emergency Medical Services.
The development of the LRSP was funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and is a requirement for City of Cupertino to be eligible to receive federal funding for local roadway safety improvement projects in the future.
The LRSP identified safety patterns throughout the City, developed a toolbox of countermeasure to address them, and proposed projects to improve safety at key locations. The plan used data-driven collision analysis of local roadways to identify transportation safety improvement needs, including pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular safety improvements. Input from stakeholders and the community played a key role in the development of the LRSP.
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City of Sunnyvale Active Transportation Plan
How can we continue to improve options for bicyclists and pedestrians in Sunnyvale? How can Sunnyvale students more safely walk and bike to school?
The City of Sunnyvale is exploring these questions as part of a year-long effort to create an Active Transportation Plan that will address bicycle, pedestrian and Safe Routes to Schools needs throughout the City.
The Active Transportation Plan will help the City strategically invest in programs and projects to make walking and bicycling safer and more convenient for residents. In addition, the Plan will analyze ways to make it safer for Sunnyvale students to walk and bike to school.
vision zero plan
This Plan guides policies and programs with the goal of eliminating fatalities and severe injuries on Cupertino roadways by 2040 for all roadway users, including those who walk, bike, drive, ride transit, and travel by other modes. Vision Zero programs prioritize safety over other transportation goals, acknowledge that traffic fatalities and serious injuries are preventable, and incorporate a multidisciplinary Safe System approach.
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