Arrival and dismissal safety improves when schools separate walking, biking, buses, and family vehicles instead of forcing every trip through the same curb space.
A school drop-off safety plan should be legible before families arrive. Signs, staff positions, volunteer roles, and communications need to match the same traffic pattern.
A walking audit turns observations into action. Teams record crossings, speed concerns, sidewalk gaps, visibility, driver behavior, and the exact moments that create risk.
This page is part of a broader Safe Routes to School resource set. Use it with the route assessment, family survey, school travel plan, and event toolkit pages so the program stays useful for families, staff, and funding partners.
Back to Safe Routes toolkitIt is a field review of the routes students use, including crossings, sidewalks, bikeways, driver behavior, visibility, and arrival operations.
Use Park and Walk locations, staggered communications, walking school buses, bike trains, and clearer curb rules before adding more vehicle queue space.