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Bicycling & Walking in the U.S./ Thunderhead Alliance 2007 58 BICYCLING & WALKING POLICIES & PROVISIONS Staffing of Safe Routes to School States Staffing SRTS Overview of Number of FTE Staff Employed by States for Safe Routes to School 5 or more 3-4.99 Number of Full-Time Equivalent Safe Routes to School Staff Employed by State Departments of Transportation Could not access data Montana Nevada Virginia Delaware 4 % 2 % 1 0 % 2-2.99 Source: State Surveys 8 % could not access data 1 0 % 0-0.99 6 6 % 1-1.99 0-0.99 1.00-1.99 2.00-2.99 3.00-4.99 5 or more Alabama Hawaii North Carolina Oklahoma South Dakota Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Legislation requires each state to have one full-time Safe Routes to School Coordinator to serve as a point of contact for the state. Most states have just one full-time-equivalent (FTE) staff person for their Safe Routes to School program, though staffing levels vary. Some states report no Safe Routes to School staff at this time and Michigan and Texas report 5.5 and 14 FTE staff, respectively. The staffing structure also varies from state to state. Alaska reports only one FTE Safe Routes to School staff but notes they have three Americorps volunteers assisting with messaging and promotion to schools. Texas reports 1.5 FTE staff in Austin, but also has a Safe Routes to School Coordinator in each of their 25 field districts. It was noted that these positions are not dedicated exclusively to the Safe Routes to School program and so this was estimated to be an additional 12.5 FTE staff (25 Coordinator positions at 50% of their time). Hawaii reported “less than one” FTE staff and Alabama, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Dakota reported zero Safe Routes to School staff at the time of this survey. Kansas Kentucky Maine Maryland Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New York in 50 North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Utah Vermont Washington West Virginia Wyoming Louisiana Massachusetts New Mexico South Carolina Wisconsin Florida Michigan Texas
Members of LAPD Bicycle Police Team PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LAPD BICYCLE COORDINATION UNIT Police and Medics on Bikes Most major cities have some of their police force trained to ride bikes. Police Bike Teams Out of 26 major U.S. cities who responded regarding the amount of FTE bicycle police, 88% have at least some of their force trained as bicycle police. Out of the 25 cities that could not provide data, some say there are bicycle police in their city but they are unsure of how many. Los Angeles reported the highest number of bicycle police with 210 full-time-equivalent officers. According to Sgt. Eric Lee of the LAPD, Los Angeles intends to continue increasing the number of officers on bikes, recognizing the advantage to the environment, cost savings, and in many cases the speed advantage that bicycles have over cars (in rush hour traffic, for example). EMS Bike Teams The International Police Mountain Biking Association (IPMBA), an association of bicycle police officers that establishes training and equipment standards and facilitates information sharing, conducted a survey of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) bicycle teams in 2002. Twenty- Seven EMS teams responded, and selected results are displayed in the graphs to the right. Survey responses indicate that 54% of agencies have had an EMS bike team for one to five years, while 46% of EMS bike teams are six to 10 years old. Eightyone percent report their EMS team has one to 20 members, 15% have 21-40 members, and 4% have 41-60 members. Fifty-eight percent of units reported that they participate in bike rodeos or other bike safety education. EMS Bike Teams: How long has agency had an How long has your agency had an EMS bike Team EMS bike team 1-5 yrs. 54% How many does your EMS Bike Team have Number of members of bike team: 1-20 81% Sheet1 Chart Are your Page 1 bikes: checked out as needed 74% Does your unit participate in bike rodeos or other bike safety or other bike safety education yes 58% 41-60 16 4% 6-10 yrs. 46% 21-40 15% Bikes are: assigned to personnel 26% Unit participates in bike rodeos no 42% Source: 2002 IPMBA Survey BICYCLING & WALKING POLICIES & PROVISIONS 59 Bicycling & Walking in the U.S./ Thunderhead Alliance 2007
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Acknowledgements This report has de
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Contents PHOTO COURTESY OF SEAN DRE
Page 9 and 10: Executive Summary Government offici
Page 11 and 12: to bicycle and pedestrian programs.
Page 13 and 14: 1: Introduction Benchmarking Bicycl
Page 15 and 16: Denver, CO receives Bicycle-Friendl
Page 17 and 18: all and included recommendations fo
Page 19 and 20: 2: Data Collection The Benchmarking
Page 21 and 22: 3: Current Status of Bicycling How
Page 23 and 24: PHOTO COURTESY OF AMY KELLOGG Bicyc
Page 25 and 26: % work trips by bike Percent of Tri
Page 27 and 28: State % of work trips Trips to work
Page 29 and 30: City Trips to work by bike % of wor
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Page 33 and 34: Number of People per Bike Shop in M
Page 35 and 36: anks lowest here with only 4.0% wal
Page 37 and 38: 7% Pedestrian Percent of Trips to W
Page 39 and 40: 100% Distribution of those who walk
Page 41 and 42: State % of trips by foot Trips to w
Page 43 and 44: City % of Trips by Foot Trips to Wo
Page 45 and 46: Pedestrian Mode Share & Safety in C
Page 47 and 48: includes funding for biking and wal
Page 49 and 50: Other Source: FHWA (2001-2006) Fede
Page 51 and 52: Funding for Bicycling & Walking Pro
Page 53 and 54: Distribution of Transportation Enha
Page 55 and 56: Percent of TE Funds to Bicycle & Pe
Page 57 and 58: Education Projects by State Ratio o
Page 59: Bicycle & Pedestrian Staff Levels i
Page 63 and 64: Excerpts from Model Policies: Chica
Page 65 and 66: State % of transportation $ to bike
Page 67 and 68: City Per capita spending on bicycle
Page 69 and 70: miles per square mile of city 18 16
Page 71 and 72: Minneapolis Top for Bike Parking Mi
Page 73 and 74: Transit Integration with Bicycling
Page 75 and 76: Thunderhead Alliance Bicycle & Pede
Page 77 and 78: Budgets of Thunderhead Organization
Page 79 and 80: evenue in dollars $2,500,000 $2,000
Page 81 and 82: State Total populationserved by org
Page 83 and 84: City Population served larger than
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Page 87 and 88: average temperature (degrees farhen
Page 89 and 90: Demographic Influences Income Incom
Page 91 and 92: miles of bicycle facilities per squ
Page 93 and 94: percent of trips to work by foot %
Page 95 and 96: 8: Impacts of Bicycling and 40% 35%
Page 97 and 98: percent of trips to work by bicycle
Page 99 and 100: 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% Alaska Montana
Page 101 and 102: 9: Conclusions Safety in Numbers Da
Page 103 and 104: Levels, Safety, and Funding 25% per
Page 105 and 106: 10: Recommendations How You Can Use
Page 107 and 108: surveys. The team will expand outre
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Nebraska Bikeable Communities: Omah
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City Census 2000 % bike to work Cen
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States Bike fatalities WISQARS Bike
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Bibliography: Chapter 1 - Introduct
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