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Kansas City Regional Trail Safety Initiative Public Safety 911 Sign Project

StephenMRTC — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:39:28 GMT

White Paper
April 2009

The Kansas City Regional Trails and Marking Initiative is intended to better serve visitors to park and green spaces throughout Kansas City by providing a higher level of public safety through 9-1-1. More specifically, this initiative affords park visitors the opportunity to communicate from their personal cellular phone an exact location to a 9-1-1 dispatcher, in the event of a need for fire, police or emergency medical services. Users communicate their location by sharing with the dispatcher the unique address of the nearest trail marker sign. This is accomplished through geo-referencing specific points along trails where traditional addressing is non-existent. Public safety personnel also have trail data and sign locations mapped on their 9-1-1 equipment to view areas and features not previously available.

Contact:
Dawn Grosdidier
Assistant Parks and Recreation Director
13420 Oak Street
Lenexa KS 66214
913-477-7100
dgrosdidier /at/ ci.lenexa.ks.us

Trail Patrol: A Proactive Approach to Public Safety on Trails

StephenMRTC — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:16:55 GMT

This article by Danny McCullough of the Three Rivers Park District Police appeared in IPMBA News, Vol. 19, No 3 (Summer 2010), published by the International Police Mountain Bike Association. It also appeared in the Spring 2010 issue of Minnesota Police Chief magazine.

Three Rivers Park Police in Minnesota have played an active role in developing safety protocols relating to trail safety, including trail educational efforts and enforcement in the greater Minneapolis metropolitan area. A number of staff have presented regionally on this issue and/or serve on committees at the state level to address trail safety.

Washington & Old Dominion Trail Patrol Handbook

StephenMRTC — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:25:04 GMT

This handbook, produced by the Friends of the W&OD Trail volunteer patrol, provides a good template on how a volunteer trail patrol program can be organized.

Produced April 2009.

Emergency bike team begins in Glen Echo

StephenMRTC — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:10:25 GMT

Gazette Newspapers - May 12, 2010

The fire department in Glen Echo, Maryland, has begun a bike patrol including volunteer and paid firefighters. The patrol will monitor the Capital Crescent Trail and C&O Canal Towpath.

Retro-Reflective Thermoplastic Pavement Striping

StephenMRTC — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:16:57 GMT

Trail managers seek to increase the safety of trails by improving response times by public safety staff. Trails are often developed within riaprian corridors where lighting is not permitted. It is difficult to find trail alignments within the dark natural corridors particularly from police helicopters.

To address these issues, the City of San Jose, California's Trail Program and Public Works Department developed a specification document for installation of reflectorized striping to provide police a tool to more rapidly locate trails and follow the alignment through riparian zones.

A video documenting the initial research is posted on the city's website (MOV file).

The specifications support installation of a very low-profile thermoplastic striping with very high reflectance.

National Center for Safe Routes to School: Role for Law Enforcement

StephenMRTC — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:17:33 GMT

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a national program that is aimed at increasing the number of children walking and bicycling to school, while also improving the safety of these activities. Law enforcement agencies can play a very important role in this program, working with engineers, teachers, health advocates and parents to improve student safety and encourage more physical activity.

The Complete Guide to Public Safety Cycling, Second Edition

StephenMRTC — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:27:59 GMT

The use of bicycles by police, EMS, and security personnel continues to grow along with increased awareness of the benefits of an extremely mobile team of first responders. While the reasons for implementing a bicycle unit may vary, the goal of each agency is the same: to provide assistance to those who need it as quickly, safely, and effectively as possible.

In the past, officers and agencies seeking to get a public safety bike unit rolling had to look far and wide to assemble the necessary information. The Complete Guide to Public Safety Cycling, Second Edition is the single comprehensive source of in-depth information on starting a bike unit or enhancing an established bike unit with tactical and technical tips on everything from basic equipment needs to detailed insights on policy, maintenance, training, legal issues, and much more.

International Police Mountain Bike Association (IPMBA)

The International Police Mountain Bike Association (IPMBA) is a non-profit educational organization providing resources, networking opportunities, and the most complete training for public safety bicyclists. Since the founding of the organization in 1991, IPMBA has been promoting, advocating for, and providing education and organization to public safety bicyclists. Over 3,000 active bike patrol officers and EMS personnel -- representing more than 2,200 agencies in 43 states and four countries -- have joined the ranks of this prestigious organization. IPMBA's instructors have provided valuable training to over 20,000 police officers and EMS personnel on bikes. The curriculum, designed and delivered by police officers and bike medics, is nationally and internationally respected. IPMBA is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors representing both police and EMS nationwide.

Midtown Greenway Trail Watch Volunteer Application

morgan@railstotrails.org — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:36:32 GMT

An application and waiver for the volunteer trail patrol program on the Midtown Greenway Coalition in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Midtown Greenway Coalition Trail Watch Guidelines

morgan@railstotrails.org — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:32:21 GMT

Guidelines for a volunteer trail patrol on the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Safe Routes to School: Putting Traffic Safety First

StephenMRTC — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:25:02 GMT

From Safe Routes to School National Partnership:

This report shows how Safe Routes to School programs can be harnessed to keep children safe from traffic dangers while walking and bicycling to school. The report explores the approaches five different communities used through Safe Routes to School to create safer environments for children walking and bicycling.

The five communities (Santa Rosa, CA; Miami-Dade County, FL; state of ME; Springfield, MO; and Portland, OR) each demonstrate how Safe Routes to School evaluation, education, encouragement, enforcement, and engineering can address traffic safety concerns. Many of these safety improvements are made at relatively low costs to communities and schools, yet have profound effects on keeping children safe while also improving physical health and the environment.