Hawaii’s Opportunity for Active Living Advancement – A Safe Routes to School Initiative
HO’ ALA is a Safe Routes to School initiative launched by PATH with initial support from Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Active Living Research Program and the Hawaii Community Foundatio Omiydar Ohana Fund.
The goal of the HO’ ALA initiative is to improve the health and safety of our island keiki by making it safer and more fun, easy and safe to walk and bike to and from school.
The walk or bike to school offers many benefits including exercise, a chance to see and talk with friends, gain a sense of responsibility, reduce traffic congestion, and save money on gas.
Phase I of the HO’ALA initiative involved 14 schools and support from the County of Hawaii from February 2010 to March of 2011. A total of 6,862 students, parents, teachers, administrators and supporters took part in this island wide initiative. The slideshow below showcases many of the achievements. Click for HO’ALA Top 10 Achievements 2010-2011
Phase II of the HO’ALA project is now underway! Schools in Phase II include many of the schools from Phase I as well as new schools Honoka’a Elementary and Kealakehe Elementary.
Click here for the application.
Click here for detailed description of the HOALA SRTS planning process.
Enjoy This Slide Show of Achievements from 2010 to 2011:
Hawaii's Opportunity for Active Living Advancement
HO' ALA is a Safe Routes to School initiative launched by PATH with 14 schools and sUPP..9rt from the County of Hawaii in February 2010. The goal of the HO' ALA initiative is to improve the health and safety of our island keiki by making it safer and more fun to walk and bike to and from school. The walk or bike to school offers many benefits including exercise, a chance to see and talk with friends, gain a sense of responsibility, reduce traffic congestion, and save money on gas! A total of 6,862 students, parents, teachers, administrators and supporters took part in this island wide initiative. Here are just a few of the great things that these folks helped to make happen!
HO'ALA Top 10 Achievements 2010-2011
1) An 8-20% increase in walking to and from school at select schools.
2) A 4% increase in the desire to walk or bike to school among students,
from 1 in 5 to 1 in 4.
3) Four new Walking School Bus routes established serving 34 students
each and every week.
4) Three on-campus walking programs started.
5) Graduating over 3,200 students in Ped Ed & Bike Ed traffic safety
education in 21 schools island wide.
6) Walk to School Day Celebration with over 300 students participating
from 5 schools across the island.
7) A new crosswalk installed by the County of Hawaii along an existing
"Walking School Bus" route on a county road.
8) A new 1 mile stretch of "Complete Street" built by Parker Ranch that
includes a separated pathway for walking and bicycling.
9) Traffic calming installed by the County of Hawaii to slow cars down in
an area where students and parents frequently cross the street.
10) $9,000 in funding awarded to schools to get their programs started.
