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68 | 2026 PLEASANTON BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN SUPPORT PROGRAMS Program Opportunities SRTS-1: Complete Safe Routes to School Assessments. Complete Safe Routes to School assessments for all Pleasanton schools. Assessments should evaluate pedestrian and bicycle access to each school from all directions within a half mile of the school, in- cluding routes connecting surrounding neighborhoods to the school, rather than focusing only on the immediate school frontage. Assessments should consider: • Bicycle and pedestrian access: • Major street crossings and other locations where students walking and bicycling may experience conflicts with vehicles • Sidewalk gaps, incomplete walking networks, and gaps in bicycle facilities or connections • Visibility and sight-distance constraints • Routes and crossings used by large numbers of students • Opportunities to improve comfortable and direct walking and bicycling connections to school campuses • Bicycle parking and other facilities that support bicycling to school • Conditions during peak drop-off and pick-up periods, including interactions and potential conflicts between vehicles, pedestri- ans, and bicyclists. SRTS-2: Develop a SRTS Improvement Toolkit. The City should establish a list of potential improvements specifically applica- ble to school areas. The list should promote consistency in the types of treatments considered across schools while allowing im- provements to be tailored to the specific safety, access, and circulation needs of each school. The SRTS list should reference the treatment toolkit, which identifies potential pedestrian, bicycle, and traffic-calming treatments and provides design considerations for each treatment type. These design considerations should be used when evaluating and developing potential improvements at school locations. Potential school-area improvements could include: • Crossing Improvements: • High-visibility crosswalks • Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) • Median refuges • Curb extensions/bulbouts • Bicycle and Micromobility Improvements: • Bike lanes or buffered bicycle facilities approaching schools • Improved bicycle detection at intersections • Bicycle wayfinding and signage to identify preferred routes to school • Speed Management Improvements: • Radar speed feedback signs • Traffic calming treatments • Lowering posted speed limits where appropriate and con- sistent with AB 43 • Sidewalk and Accessibility Improvements: • Sidewalk widening • ADA accessibility improvements • Removal of obstructions and other barriers along pedestri- an routes