Do Safe Routes Utah Plans Impact Safety?

The goal of Utah’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program is to “help children get to and from school safely” (UDOT, 2022). To that end, state law dictates that each school must maintain a safe routes map showing students the safest route to access the school from their home. This research will examine existing safe routes maps and correlate if schools that have a detailed safe routes map and plan experience increased safety over schools that have a less detailed or no existing safe routes map and associated plan. This research will evaluate existing Safe Routes to School Plans and Maps for a sample area. The level of detail and depth will be determined and that will be correlated to safety data for the associated school/area. It is hypothesized that areas without a SRTS plan and those with lower levels of detail will be correlated to a higher safety risk near the school as well as potentially lower quality/outdated infrastructure.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $49826
• Contract Numbers:

  238606

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Utah Department of Transportation

  Research and Innovation Division
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84114
• Managing Organizations:

  Utah Department of Transportation

  Research and Innovation Division
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84114
• Project Managers:

  Jensen, Travis

• Performing Organizations:

  Avenue Consultants, Incorporated

  6575 South Redwood Road,. Suite 101
  Taylorsville, UT  United States  84123
• Principal Investigators:

  Burbidge, Shaunna

• Start Date: 20221222
• Expected Completion Date: 20231231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation; Mapping; Nonmotorized transportation; Routes; Safety; School trips
• Identifier Terms: Safe Routes to School (Program)
• Geographic Terms: Utah
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01874620
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Utah Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 238606
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 26 2023 9:59PM