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Beaverton School District
Beaverton School District

Beaverton Schools

 

Beaverton Walk + Bike Vest
Who We Are
 

Leah Biado-Luis, Beaverton Safe Routes to School Coordinator

Leah began serving the BSD community as the SRTS Coordinator in 2019. With a background in education and community engagement, Leah has over 24 years of experience working with youth and families. Leah is passionate about equitable access to information and resources to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of Beaverton's diverse communities.

Linda Feldhan, Assistant Safe Routes to School Coordinator

Linda Feldhan is the Assistant Safe Routes to School Coordinator,  Linda also joined the team shortly after Leah in 2019.  

Program Funding

The majority of the Safe Routes to School Program is funded by grants from ODOT, The City of Beaverton, and Oregon METRO District.  We work with a team from the City of Beaverton, Washington County, THPRD, Enforcement, and multiple departments within BSD.  

 

 

 

 

 

The National SRTS framework the 6 E's- Equity, Education, Evaluation, engineering, engagement.

What we do

Our goal is to create opportunities to make walking, biking and busing safe, convenient and fun! We use the motto: Walk, Bike, Bus… It’s the way to go! To accomplish this mission we follow the National SRTS Framework, or the 6 E's. They are:

  • Education – which are pedestrian and bicycle safety lessons for both classes and afterschool events-
  • Engineering – Action Plans which advocate for targeted improvements to streets, signs and signals around schools.
  • Engagement – building relationships and the creation of programs that are most beneficial to community members.
  • Evaluation – Program assessments including student travel surveys.
  • Encouragement – activities promoting walking, biking and busing to school. 
  • Equity - the distribution of resources to reduce health and wealth disparities for all Beaverton students.

 

 

Infofraphic of increased academic achievement, less polition, increased student safety/health/conncection

Why we do it

The benefits to children, and communities, who participate in the Safe Routes to School programs are extensive:

  • Kids who are active perform 20% better at school and arrive with an increased ability to focus.
  • BSD’s 12,000 cars drive an extra 2 miles to drop off and pick up students each day. That’s 23,500 pounds of carbon emissions daily. Walking and rolling puts less cars on the road.
  •  Less congestion and traffic along routes to school, makes our streets safer, while more students and families out walking and rolling increases their visibility.
  • Kids who walk or roll to school are getting about 2/3 of the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity and being active not only increases physical health it also can help with mood regulation and increase mental health.
  • Finally, Walking and rolling strengthens our community connections. More eyes on the street = safer communities. While 93% of BSD students qualify for busing or reside within the walkable area of schools, 30% of BSD students are driven to school each year.