The Oregon Safe Routes to School Program consists of two parts:
construction and education. Both programs focus on efforts that improve safety
conditions for children to walk or bicycle to school. These programs are
intended to address safety risks, such as any one of the components of a
Priority Safety Corridor, and other safety needs considering the unique
perspectives and behavior of children who walk or bicycle. A comprehensive Safe
Routes to School program is inclusive of both education and construction
elements.
(1) Grant programs for
Education projects are described in OAR
737-025-0012 through OAR
737-025-0080.
(a) Education efforts include outreach,
encouragement, training, evaluation, enforcement, and education services that
identify and reduce barriers and hazards to children walking or bicycling to
and from school.
(b) Funding for
the education projects may be provided by the Oregon Transportation Commission
or, through other funding within the Safe Routes to School Fund (ORS
184.740) not subject to
restrictions in Article IX, Section 3a of the Oregon Constitution.
(2) Grant programs for
Construction projects are described in OAR
737-025-0012,
737-025-0020 and
737-025-0090 through
737-028-0094.
(a) Construction is the
engineering element of Safe Routes to School. Efforts include the development,
construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance, or operational improvements
of bikeways and walkways that reduce barriers and hazards to children walking
or bicycling to and from school.
(b) Funding for construction projects that
comes from money directed into the Safe Routes to School Fund (ORS
184.740) by Oregon Laws 2017,
chapter 750, section 71a, must be used in accordance with the Oregon
Constitution, Article IX, Section 3a, and projects must be built within the
public road right of way. Other funding may be provided by the OTC, donations,
or other sources and may have different funding restrictions.
Notes
Or. Admin. Code
§
737-025-0011
TSD
2-2018, adopt filed 06/28/2018, effective
6/28/2018;
TSD
1-2024, amend filed 01/26/2024, effective
1/26/2024
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
184.619,
184.740,
184.741 &
184.742
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
184.741 &
184.742
