Course Overview:
This 3-part webinar series provides a comprehensive look at Safe Routes to School (SRTS) infrastructure, connecting historical context, current challenges, and practical design strategies used to improve safety around schools. Participants will explore how school siting, land-use patterns, and transportation planning decisions have influenced today’s walking and bicycling conditions, and how these factors continue to shape infrastructure needs.
The series progresses from understanding how past decisions created current conditions, to identifying common safety issues and infrastructure gaps near schools, and finally to applying data-driven, context-sensitive solutions. Topics include sidewalk networks, crossing treatments, traffic calming, bicycle facilities, school access design, and emerging technologies. Real-world examples, Florida-specific applications, and case studies will be used throughout to demonstrate how communities are improving student safety outcomes.
SRTS is a statewide program, funded by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), that aims to make it safer for more children to walk and bike to school. This training is being brought to you by FDOT through the Florida Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Center. The Florida LTAP Center provides quality training, technical assistance, & technology transfer opportunities to the Florida local transportation workforce.
Target Audience
This webinar series is intended for transportation engineers, planners, public works professionals, school district staff, safety practitioners, public health professionals, and others involved in planning, designing, or implementing Safe Routes to School programs and infrastructure.
Learning Objectives
- Examine how historical land use and school siting decisions influence current transportation safety challenges.
- Identify common infrastructure needs, risk factors, and safety challenges in school environments.
- Evaluate appropriate SRTS infrastructure treatments based on context and conditions.
- Explore innovative and emerging countermeasures to improve safety for walking and bicycling.
- Apply data-driven tools, best practices, and collaborative strategies to support safer school access.
Instructor Bio
Jason Jackman, MPA is an Urban Planner with the City of Tampa’s Mobility Department, specializing in multimodal transportation planning and safety initiatives. He brings extensive experience in managing transportation safety campaigns, developing and evaluating micromobility programs, leading public engagement strategies, and designing community-focused safety education efforts. His background also includes project management, program analysis, communications development, and pedestrian and bicycle safety planning. More recently, Mr. Jackman has played a key role in advancing the City of Tampa’s Vision Zero program, aligning safety priorities with the citywide mobility plan to reduce severe and fatal traffic crashes. He also serves on the Transportation Research Board’s Communications and Public Engagement Standing Committee (AQB14), contributing to national dialogue on effective outreach in transportation planning. Mr. Jackman holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of South Florida. He also maintains multiple safety-related certifications, including a Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program Management Certificate through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Safety Institute and certification as an FHWA STEP trainer.
RECORDINGS
Florida Safe Routes to School Infrastructure 3-Part Series
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⏱ 6 Hours
CERTIFICATES and CREDITS
6.0 PDHs (2.0 PDHs per Session)
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Certificate of Completion – 6 Hours (120 Minutes per Session)
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Part 1 of 3 – History and Evolution of School Travel Infrastructure
This session examines how school siting and transportation patterns have evolved over time and how those decisions impact current safety conditions. Participants will explore the shift from neighborhood schools and walkable communities to larger, more dispersed school sites and auto-oriented design. The session also introduces the development of the Safe Routes to School program and its integration with broader transportation and safety initiative.
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Part 2 of 3 – Common Infrastructure Needs and Treatments
This session focuses on identifying common safety challenges around schools and the infrastructure solutions used to address them. Participants will review high-risk behaviors, conflict points, and common deficiencies such as sidewalk gaps and unsafe crossings. The session will cover core SRTS infrastructure treatments, including sidewalk networks, crosswalk enhancements, traffic calming, speed management, bicycle facilities, and school access design, with an emphasis on selecting appropriate treatments based on context and conditions.
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Part 3 of 3 – Advanced Countermeasures, Policy and Practice
This session highlights advanced strategies and tools used to support safer school travel. Participants will explore emerging countermeasures, smart technologies, and data-driven approaches, including GIS and safety analytics. The session will also examine real-world case studies across different contexts and discuss how collaboration, policy alignment, and funding sources support successful implementations of Safe Routes to School projects.