This was my second trip in two days to Placerville. Yesterday I met with Miha Tomuta from WALKSacramento and Alyson Fox, a Sierra Elementary staff member. Alyson and I are going to do an intensive 7-week-long bicycle club beginning April 7.
Today, however, the task was to learn how to do walk auduts. This is the very first step a school or community takes in order to remove the barriers to walking and bicycling to/from school. Also participating today were people from the California Department of Health and the Health Education Council who are preparing to conduct walk audits in Sacramento City School District and TRUSD. Satellite map of the area around Sierra Elementary:
This crosswalk leads to a cliff on the other side:
Cracked pavement and dangerous storm grate:
Blind corner and missing roadway lines:
A one-way one-lane road:
A natural pathway created by local users:
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