Walking and Biking Audit

Around 3:50PM each weekday, children start streaming out of Conn Magnet Elementary School in Raleigh, NC. While some wait for school buses and others meet their families in the carpool line, many hop on bikes or walk home with their families. Active transportation to and from school supports children’s physical and mental health and is a fun time to connect with friends, family, and neighbors. One key to helping more families experience these benefits is to help ensure they feel safe on this daily “commute” to and from school.

Oaks + Spokes is excited to be working with Conn Magnet Elementary School, their PTA, the Wake County Safe Routes to School Program, and neighbors to support safe routes to Conn through a Community Change Grant from the America Walks Foundation. Thanks to a partnership between neighbors, Wake County Public Schools, and the City of Raleigh, a new pedestrian bridge was constructed connecting the school to the Belvedere Park neighborhood. Grant activities will celebrate and build upon this investment, looking at traffic calming and connectivity around this bridge.

Our first activity will be a community walking and biking audit in the Belvedere Park neighborhood on February 27, 2022 at 11AM. We will meet at the pedestrian bridge connecting Conn to Plainview Ave to walk the neighborhood and discuss concerns and solutions. If you live in the Belvedere Park neighborhood, please consider joining this event and providing your input. We look forward to turning this input into action for safer routes to school!