Selkirk Elementary School Active Transportation Plan
Consultation has concluded.
View the Selkirk School Active Travel Plan Final Report.
The safety of our youth as they travel around the community is an important issue. The Selkirk Elementary School Active Transportation Plan will ensure that the best options to actively travel to and from school are in place. Recommendations will include infrastructure improvements and suggestions for programs and education. Making Riverdale more comfortable for kids to confidently walk and wheel starts with identifying and addressing safety and social barriers to better support active travel.
What is the City of Whitehorse doing now?
We're creating an Active Travel Plan for SelkirkContinue reading
View the Selkirk School Active Travel Plan Final Report.
The safety of our youth as they travel around the community is an important issue. The Selkirk Elementary School Active Transportation Plan will ensure that the best options to actively travel to and from school are in place. Recommendations will include infrastructure improvements and suggestions for programs and education. Making Riverdale more comfortable for kids to confidently walk and wheel starts with identifying and addressing safety and social barriers to better support active travel.
What is the City of Whitehorse doing now?
We're creating an Active Travel Plan for Selkirk Elementary School during November and December 2022. The project aims to:
- Address safety concerns around active routes to Selkirk Elementary School;
- Encourage more children and their families to walk, cycle, and roll to school;
- Improve walking and cycling infrastructure to and from the school; and
- Increase education and awareness around active transportation.
The Active Travel Plan will include a list of infrastructure recommendations, and initiatives and programming to help improve school travel.
Now is the time to get involved!
We value your input and would like to hear from you! We want to understand what is important to you, and what changes you would like to see. This will help us develop a plan that meets the needs of your family.
- Please take the time to fill out the five-minute survey below by Monday, November 28 to help inform the project team about your experiences with active transportation in Riverdale.
- We also invite you to attend two sessions taking place at Selkirk Elementary School.
Drop-In Session 1 - Issues and Opportunities: Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 6-8 pm
We would like to hear about:
- Your experience of traveling to school;
- The challenges and opportunities for walking, cycling, and rolling to school; and
- Your ideas for encouraging walking, cycling, and rolling to school.
Your input will be used to help shape the developing Active Travel Plan.
Drop-In Session 2 - Concept Ideas and Draft Recommendations: Thursday, December 1, 2022, 6-8 pm
We would like to:
- Share developing ideas for the Active Travel Plan; and
- Seek further feedback on recommendations for active school travel.
Your input will be used to further refine the developing Active Travel Plan.
We look forward to seeing you!
Our commitment to you:
We will strive to have your concerns and suggestions inform the outcome of the Selkirk Elementary School Active Transportation Plan by:
- Developing actionable, context appropriate interventions, and recommendations for Selkirk School.
- Recommending solutions to the streetscape, regional trails, and built environment to improve the walk/wheel-ability and safety within school boundaries.
- Change the perceptions of active travel, and support programs to improve safety and reduce conflict between transportation modes; and
- Sharing our findings with the Selkirk Elementary School community, administration, parents, and students.
The City’s successful active transportation plan will address local realities and build a sense of shared ownership and excitement within the community.
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Ideas & Suggestions
over 1 year agoIdeas and suggestions for improving active transportation in Riverdale
Richard Legnerover 1 year agoBicycle Parking
There are many barriers to the adoption of active transportation and I am delighted to see that removing such barriers figures prominently in this project. A noteworthy barrier to the broad adoption of bicycle commuting is the lack of availability of easy-to-access, secure bicycle parking. Most destinations in Whitehorse fall short in this regard. Bicycle theft is also a concern for many. I would propose that providing ample, secure, weather-protected bicycle parking be a part of this initiative.
0 comment2jaydeeover 1 year agoMulti-use paved path along Selkirk Street
Selkirk is narrow, poorly lit, and busy with drivers rushing to get kids to school on time. It's even worse in winter with inadequate snow clearing. Create a safe space for kids, whether pedestrians or cyclists, to navigate this dangerous street between the school and the Millenium Trail.
0 comment1jaydeeover 1 year agoExtend the multi-use trail to Gray Mtn Primary school.
The existing trail that runs from the Robert Campbell bridge as far as the roundabout at Teslin is fantastic. If it could be extended to the Gray Mtn school, it would allow students to commute actively (particularly by bike) year round. Lewes right now is incredibly dangerous, with snow-filled bike lanes, busy sidewalks, long queues of drivers rushing to get through to downtown, and narrow pinch-points (the median at Klondike and the roundabout at Teslin).
0 comment2Richard Legnerover 1 year agoPartnering with Other Riverdale Schools
I don't have children but I fully support this initiative. I love everything about it. I think that active transportation facilities will benefit not only school kids but also teachers and Riverdale residents on the whole. Have you considered partnering with all the other Riverdale schools and working together to create a connected active transportation network?
0 comment1Anthonyover 1 year agoMake Teslin a bike route
Make Teslin Road a bike route with traffic-calming features and bike priority at the roundabout.
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Timeline
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Data Collection
Selkirk Elementary School Active Transportation Plan has finished this stage- Consider the needs and impacts of all demographic groups in the school zone.
- Collect data and user insights to understand the community's travel needs.
- Collect and analyze crash data, traffic data, and other existing conditions that impact student travel to school.
- Collect student enrolment data, and school arrival and dismissal procedures.
- Look at school bus routes and ridership.
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Engagement & Communication
Selkirk Elementary School Active Transportation Plan has finished this stage- Focus on asking the right questions up front to get the necessary information to inform the Active Travel Plan.
- Determine how people currently travel, how they would like to travel, and what they see as the barriers to active travel to school.
- Change the perceptions of active travel, support programs to improve safety, and reduce conflict between transportation modes.
- Increase awareness and compliance of traffic laws, by-laws, and guidelines to ensure a sense of safety and comfort for those taking active travel.
- Support, expand, and encourage individuals to choose active modes of transportation.
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Engineering Solutions & Final Report
Selkirk Elementary School Active Transportation Plan has finished this stage- Develop recommendations for Selkirk School. All recommendations will focus on actionable, context appropriate interventions.
- Ensure safe, healthy, and fair outcomes for residents of diverse socio-economic backgrounds, abilities, and identities.
- Recommendations will be made for improvements to the streetscape, regional trails, and built environment to improve the walk/wheel-ability within the school boundaries.
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Project Completed
Selkirk Elementary School Active Transportation Plan is currently at this stage