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Vision Statement Review: See current Draft and Sample from MN DOT Safe Routes - Sonia Dubielzig Haeckel
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La Crosse: Vision and Goals
Vision: La Crosse is a city where students and families walk and bike to school because it is safe, convenient, and healthy. The City’s
investments in infrastructure, projects, and programming are distributed to the neighborhoods and schools that need them most.
Goals:
Engineering: Build streets that are designed to lower vehicle speeds and communicate caution to drivers. Prioritize safety for people
walking and biking over convenience for people in motor vehicles. Build projects that will benefit many people and students.
Education: Implement effective education in a variety of settings so that children know how to walk and bike safely, and parents and
neighbors know how to drive safely.
Enforcement: Engineering projects naturally reduce speeds and improve safety near schools, lowering the need for enforcement.
Employ law enforcement sparingly, and for education, not punishment.
Encouragement: Every school will have a culture that promotes walking and biking as the safe, easy, and healthy choice.
Evaluation: Performance will be measured and tracked against the established vision and goals.
MN DOT Safe Routes: Vision and Value Statements:
Vision:"Minnesota is a state where all students can walk and bicycle on routes that are safe, comfortable, and convenient."
Value statements:
Minnesotans value:
· giving all students the opportunity to walk and bicycle--no matter their race, ethnicity, income level, age, ability or geographic location.
· the health, academic, community, environmental, and independence-building benefits of walking and bicycling.
· safe walking and bicycling routes that are maintained for use in all four seasons.
· working together to make walking and bicycling an easy choice for students.
· transportation and land use policies, programs and plans that encourage close proximity of schools, residences and...
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