"Families at Bear Creek Elementary School in Boulder, Colorado are leading the community into life changing choices through a Car-Free Commute program. Through partnerships among the school, the City of Boulder, the Boulder Valley School District, and the Colorado SRTS Program, the number of students walking and bicycling to school has increased. Student travel tallies have shown that the percentage of students walking and bicycling to Bear Creek Elementary increased from 41 percent to 70 percent. A traffic count conducted by the City of Boulder found a 30 percent reduction in cars and corresponding traffic near the school.
Principal Kent Cruger serves as a role model for his students by hosting the Cruger Cup, a year-long challenge to arrive at school every day without a car. At the beginning of each month, Mr. Cruger tries a new form of transportation — he has been seen on a foot-powered scooter, a skateboard and a unicycle, and regularly car pools with other area principals to school district meetings.
“Although this initiative was initially adult-driven, it has been the students who have taken ownership of their own travel choices and inspired the adults around them,” says Cruger."
Read the full case study: www.saferoutesinfo.org/colorado
Bear Creek Elementary School was selected to receive the James L. Oberstar Safe Routes to School Award for Outstanding Local Program in 2008.
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