• Grades: Pre-K – 2nd
• Status: Available in some schools. All schools will have program available by January 2025.
• Partnership: Our district participation in the National All Kids Bike Program is available through Washington State Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School Funding.

• Grades: 3rd – 5th
• Status: Available to all schools throughout the district.
• Partnership: This program is funded by the Seattle Department of Transportation Safe Routes to Schools Program and the curriculum and equipment is supported by Cascade Bicycle Club and Outdoors for All.

• Grades: 6th – 8th
• Status: Available in some schools. In the process of being introduced across the district.
• Partnership: This program is funded by the Seattle Department of Transportation Safe Routes to Schools Program and the curriculum and equipment is supported by Cascade Bicycle Club and Outdoors for All.

Design incorporated with basketball striping and leads to featured High Point mural.

Traffic garden with foursquare, rainbow crosswalk, basketball striping, and traffic circles.

Photos coming soon!

Photos coming soon!

• SPS is committed to bringing traffic gardens to all elementary and K-8 schools in the district to support Physical Education Bike and Pedestrian Safety Education and play opportunities outside of class.
• The project implementation team is a collaborative effort by Capital Projects and Planning, Physical Education, Volunteer Enhancement Projects, Facilities and Operations and Safe Routes to School.
• The team is currently working to evaluate sites and develop site plans specific to each school’s site and preferences.
• Timeline: Our goal is for an implementation plan to be developed for each elementary and K-8 site by 2025.

Traffic Gardens are painted within existing paved play areas. Designs are included in addition to the existing striping, can incorporate various play elements (like four square, tetherball, and basketball court striping), and are adapted to each site’s space and school preferences.

The project is funded by capital levy dollars which are specifically designated for school construction, modernization, and capital improvement projects. The Seattle Traffic Garden Handbook project was funded by the Seattle Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School Program.

Traffic Gardens may also be called Safety Towns, Safety Villages, Road Tracks, and Traffic Playgrounds. The name “Traffic Garden” is used to emphasize the interactive play elements and the nurturing and growth that accompanies safety skill building in these spaces.

Traffic Gardens support our PE Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Education programs. This curriculum aligns with state standards to:

• Instill the joy of walking and rolling.
• Encourage bicycling and walking as a means of everyday transportation and recreation.
• Explain basic traffic safety and roadway rules.
• Increase safe behavior and decrease injury while walking and rolling.
• Increase confidence on a bike and help develop better bike handling skills.
• Instill a sense of self-responsibility about safety and respect for other street and trail users.

• Organize an event or activity at your traffic garden
  • Find play activity and event ideas on the Discover Traffic Gardens Resource Page
  • Visit SPS Walk, Bike, Roll for support with your event or activity
  • Get a Bike Rodeo Guide through King County School Pool website, under the “May Bike to School Day” toolkit section
• Want a traffic garden at your school? Contact Brooke to request a site evaluation and design for your school site. Sites are evaluated based on existing pavement and painted play conditions, size of space, and complexity of traffic garden design.