Program Overview
Safe Routes to School is a national initiative to enhance the safety of students and their families traveling to and from school. SRTS brings communities together to learn the responsibilities that each person has when walking, biking, or driving. The program also studies common routes traveled by students and recommends potential investments for the City to enhance the accessibility of streets for everyone.
Creating Oxnard’s Safe Routes to School Program
The City’s Public Works Department received a $299k state grant to create a citywide SRTS program for Oxnard. Through this grant, the City is working in partnership with 26 schools in the Oxnard School District and Oxnard Union High School District to:
- Conduct walking audits to identify existing conditions along key routes to school
- Create SRTS maps to share with students and families
- Host free educational events and workshops
- Provide a toolkit of free resources to schools
The first phase of the City’s SRTS program covers two school years (2022 – 2023 and 2023 – 2024) and includes the following schools:
- Brekke School
- Cesar Chavez School
- Curren School
- Driffill School
- Elm School
- Emilie Ritchen School
- Frank Academy
- Fremont Academy
- Harrington School
- Juan Soria School
- Kamala School
- Lemonwood School
- Lopez Academy
- Marina West School
- McAuliffe School
- McKinna School
- Ramona School
- Rose Avenue School
- Sierra Linda School
- Thurgood Marshall School
- Condor High School
- Channel Islands High School
- Hueneme High School
- Oxnard Middle College High School
- Oxnard High School
- Pacifica High School
Art Competition: September 2024
Imagine if you didn’t take a bus or a car to school. How would you get there?
Oxnard students are invited to create and submit an original art piece with the theme, “Why drive, when you can…?” Students are encouraged to submit artwork showing the different ways they would get to school without using a vehicle (such as a bus or car). This project inspires conversations about alternative transportation and the opportunities that exist for walking, biking or
skating to school.
Visit walkmorebikemore.org/oxnard for official rules and information.
May 2023 Art Competition Winners!
Program Updates & Resources
Safe Routes to School Phase 2
The City is excited to share that Phase 2 is kicking off with the 2023 – 2024 school year and will continue into the 2024 – 2025 school year with schools from the Hueneme Elementary School District, Ocean View Elementary School District, Oxnard Union High School District, and Rio School District.
Keep an eye out for the next art competition in 2024!
Safe Routes to School Program Fact Sheet
View and/or download the program fact sheet.
699.26 KB PDF | Updated 04/09/24
The National Center for Safe Routes to School
Learn more and access resources!
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