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 Calling All High School Students!
Student Representatives Needed
Will you be a student at Homestead, Monta Vista, or Cupertino High School next school year? Would you like to foster sustainable transportation at your school? Do you have ideas about how to encourage your fellow students to consider ditching the car drop-off line and consider walking, biking, taking transit, or carpooling? Do you wish more people understood the transportation challenges of people in wheelchairs?
If you answered yes to any of the questions above, we encourage you to apply to be part of the Cupertino Safe Routes to School Working Group! Two students will be selected from each of the three high schools above, and we've already started receiving applications!
Applications are due Sunday, April 21
Cupertino Safe Routes to School's mission is to create a safer environment for students and families in Cupertino to travel to and from school actively. Since students are the real change-makers on high school campuses, we'd love to work with you towards this mission at your school!!!
Contact us if you have any questions:
saferoutes@cupertino.gov
(408) 777-7609
SR2S Working Group Meetings
School Year 2024 - 2025
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Cupertino Safe Routes to School (SR2S) hosts Working Group meetings on the second Wednesday of most months. It brings partners together to discuss how to accomplish the SR2S mission and expand the program. We hope you'll join us!
Register to attend a meeting or view agendas/presentations with a click of the blue button.
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August 21, 2024
September 11, 2024
October 9, 2024
November 13, 2024
January 8, 2025
February 12, 2025
March 12, 2025
April 9, 2025
May 14, 2025
May 28, 2025
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Bike Rack Decorating Contest
Turn your ordinary bike racks into something extraordinary
Take part in the countywide Bike Rack Decorating Contest!
Santa Clara County invites Elementary, Middle, and High Schools to participate in their Bike Rack Decorating Contest in celebration of Bike to School Day on Wednesday, May 8th!
Students: let your creative talents guide you in decorating your school’s bike racks and compete against schools across the county.
The first 20 schools to register will receive a decorating starter kit. If you receive a starter kit, you can use those supplies plus any additional materials to decorate your bike rack(s). Be creative, and let your imagination create a bike rack masterpiece.
Contest rules:
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Register your school (K-12) by May 3, 2024. Registration opens April 15.
- Decorate your school bike rack(s) at least one time from April 22 through May 10.
- Submit at least one photo of your decorated bike rack by May 10 by emailing: martha.lara@phd.sccgov.org.
- Adults, be sure to have students actively involved with the bike rack decorating.
A panel of judges and bicycle enthusiasts will select a winner. The winning school will be announced on May 16th and will receive the Golden Bike Award (a perpetual trophy) and bragging rights until next year’s competition.
Registration Opens April 15
and Closes May 3
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Visit sccphd.org/walkbikeevents for more information.
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Community Meeting
Homestead Road Corridor Safe Routes to School Improvement Project
 Map shows the extents of the Homestead Road Safe Routes to School Project
COMMUNITY MEETING
Join VTA (the Valley Transit Authority) on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Quinlan Community Center, 10185 North Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014. VTA Staff will present the project's design (currently at 35% completion) and provide exhibits for the public to view and provide comments.
Registration is requested but not required.
BACKGROUND
Homestead Road is an important east-west roadway within Santa Clara County that connects four jurisdictions and three schools. The Homestead Road Safe Routes to School Improvements Project will upgrade pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure on 1.5 miles of Homestead Road (Foothill Expressway to Hollenbeck Avenue/Stelling Road) in Los Altos, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, and Unincorporated Santa Clara County.
The project improves safety for students who walk and bike to West Valley Elementary School, Cupertino Middle School, and Homestead High School. The project was initiated at the behest of community members who were concerned about the conditions for student bicyclists and pedestrians. A feasibility study conducted in 2019 found locations within the project area to have higher concentrations of collisions involving bicyclists and pedestrians. Of 21 collisions reported between 2015 and 2019, more than half involved school children.
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Vision Zero Policy and Action Plan Update
The Cupertino Bicycle Pedestrian Commission received a presentation on the City's draft Vision Zero Action Plan at their March 28, 2024 meeting. Staff received comments on the draft Plan at the meeting and will return to the Commission with a final draft. The draft Vision Zero Action Plan is currently available for public review at cupertino.org/visionzero. Comments on the Plan can be emailed to Prashanth Dullu, Assistant Engineer, at PrashanthD@cupertino.gov thru April 8.
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Lawrence Mitty Park
 The Lawrence Mitty Park project is tentatively scheduled to be considered at the meetings noted below. Verify the agendas the week prior on the Agendas & Minutes webpage.
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Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting:
May 2, 2024, Quinlan Social Room, 7 p.m.
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Planning Commission Meeting:
May 14, 2024, Council Chamber, 6:45 p.m.
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City Council Meeting:
June 4, 2024, Council Chamber, 6:45 p.m.
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Join us for SR2S Working Group Meetings
Safe Routes to School (SR2S) Working Group meetings are Hybrid and held on the second Wednesday of most months in Conference Room C at Cupertino City Hall and on Zoom. If there's a topic you'd like the Working Group to discuss, email us! saferoutes@cupertino.gov
Visit the link below to register, access agendas, and view the complete list of dates for this school year’s Working Group meetings. We hope to see you at our next meeting!
Working Group Meetings
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Important Upcoming Dates
Agendas will be posted 72 hours before each meeting at the links below.
- Wednesday, April 3, 5:15 p.m.
City Council Meeting
Topic: Memorial Park Specific Plan
Location: Community Hall, 10350 Torre Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014
- Wednesday, April 3, 6:00 p.m.
Community Meeting (Optional: Register)
Topic: Homestead Road Corridor Safe Routes to School Project
Location: Quinlan Community Center, 10185 North Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014
- Wednesday, April 10, 4:00 p.m.
SR2S Working Group Meeting (Hybrid)
Topic: Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Education Policy
Location: Zoom (register) and City Hall, Conference Room C (downstairs)
- Thursday, April 11, 5 p.m.
Community Meeting
Topic: Budget
- Wednesday, April 17, 7:00 p.m.
Bicycle Pedestrian Commission
Topic: Homestead Road Corridor Project (tentative), VTA BPAC Representative appointment, Bike to Work Day Energizer Station Planning
- Saturday, April 20, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Earth and Arbor Day Festival
Stop by the Safe Routes to School booth to play a Safety Game!
Location: Cupertino Library Field
- Wednesday, May 8
Bike to School Day
- Wednesday, May 8, 4:00 p.m.
SR2S Working Group Meeting
Topic: TBD
- Wednesday, May 15, 7:00 p.m.
Bicycle Pedestrian Commission Meeting
Topic: TBD
- Thursday, May 16
Bike to Work Day
- May 16 to 18
Bike to Wherever Days
- Wednesday, May 29, 4:00 p.m.
SR2S Working Group Meeting
Topic: High School Representative Grant Reports
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