Traffic Safety CITY (Creative Interactive Traffic for Youth)

You have to see it to believe how effective this program is for elementary age children to understand how they are to behave walking/bicycling to and from school. The Traffic Safety CITY is the best methodology for teaching the abstract concept called "traffic". A 100% hands-on education program where children practice traffic safety while walking on realistic sidewalks and crossing streets; in the safety of the multi-purpose room, auditorium or gym. Traffic streets scenarios/hazards plaguing your community are brought to the youth in a safe environment. Like a theatrical stage setting, using real photographs of the children's community, they are transported into their streets with familiar landmarks.

YES, Inc. will come to your community and take photographs of your community landmarks for the CITY walls that the children will recognize; a local elementary school, fire station, police station, neighborhood, City Hall and more.  The street will be designed to challenge the children with their community obstacles such as rails, trains, no sidewalks, multiple lane streets, etc.

The Traffic Safety CITY comes with:

The walls are made of plastic, easy to assemble with Velcro straps. Each CITY is custom designed with photos of the community so the children will recognize where they are walking. Walls, flooring, vehicles, traffic control devices and educational materials all fit into a small trailer for easy transport to schools, community centers and youth facilities.

  

Wall panel A and V at the entrance of the CITY. The panels show: program name, sponsors' and grant logos and visual of community partners.

Traffic Safety CITY Package includes:

• 22 Walls with Community's Pictures (entrance walls shows sponsor logos)
• Floor-ground cloth with sidewalks, crosswalks, railroad tracks and wall locations from A to V
• 4 Stop Signs
• 4 Traffic Light with Pedestrian Signs with the walking person and red hand
• 4 Pedal Cars - Hot Rod, Pink Roadster, Police Unit, Fire Truck
• Traffic Safety CITY Manual
• Trailer to put everything in for easy transporting to diferent locations (optional)

                   Los Angeles CITY Ground Plan                                                    Traffic Light w/Pedestrian Sign

                                 Hot Rod                                                              Fire Hook and Latter

                                  Police Unit                                                             Pink Roadster

The complete Traffic Safety CITY or separately the components and training maybe purchased. For more information download a brochure or complete the YES Educational Program and Materials Quote/Request form:

Program Sustainability

YES, Inc. will train local community representatives in how to be Traffic Safety CITY Tour Guides and conduct the program. YES, Inc. wants your community to take ownership so that after the grant has lapsed the program will continue with local support. Sustainability of the program is a main goal of YES, Inc to provide continutity of traffic safety education for students beyond just two years.

Los Angeles Traffic Safety CITY

The Los Angeles CITY depictes an urban area with houses and apartments, school, police station, firestation, a downtown area with shops, subway rail lines and station to reflex their diverse community.

  Panel B: Children starting a tour with guide.          CITY overview looking towards railroad tracks downtown.

Baldwin Park Traffic Safety CITY

The CITY made for Baldwin Park Police Departmment had a challenging intersection with a rail crossing. There is a picture of a local school, police station and fire station. There is a concern for the rail road crossing seen in the picture and addressed in the Traffic Safety CITY. The Officers provide for traffic safety education for the elementary school of the Baldwin Unified School District.

Kaua'i Traffic Safety CITY

Kaua'i CITY has urban and rural schools with little to no sidewalks but uses grassways. To make the CITY reflex what the children see every day the far walls of the

CITY, as the children enter, is the Kapa'a bike/walking path with the ocean beyond instead of a rail crossing and station. Project hopefully to begn school year 2012-2013.

Delano Traffic Safety CITY

The Delano Traffic Safety CITY reflects a community that is in a rural setting with grape vines and railroad tracks students cross to schools.

Artesia Traffic Safety CITY

The Artesia Traffic Safety CITY reflects an urban community with freeways, no railroads and no downtown with high rises. Artesia contacts with LA County Sheriff's and have no local station so the city replaced the landmake with the Artesia Library.

What school administrators say about the Traffic Safety CITY program:

“It showed exactly what to do to be safe. The pictures and signs really helped explain everything. The presenters were very professional and helpful. They [the students] responded well to the stop signs and looking in all directions before crossing.” - Charles Carr, Assistant Principal, 95th Street Elementary School

“Effective, traffic signals-very familiar, they [the presenters] talked about safety first then modeled it. They [the students] loved the cars. Great! Refreshingly different. Everything was age-appropriate. No confusion, everything was perfect.” - Elise Ungerleider, Coordinator, Canfield Elementary School

“It was informational and kid friendly. The backdrop and props as well as the interactions and questioning were beneficial. They [the students] enjoyed walking through the ‘streets’ and each participating physically and verbally.” - Traci Fenn, 2nd Grade Teacher, Ranchito Elementary School

“Well-organized and motivating for students. Student participation in discussions and actual role playing was very helpful. Visual representations of traffic helped all learners access this program. They were able to have their questions addressed by the presenters.” - Royce Goldman, Principal, El Oro Way Elementary School

“It was just great. Kids were very impressed because they were talking about it for days.” - Mirna Pacheco, SAA, Mariposa-Nabi PC

“Students were very enthusiastic about the program and individualized presentation” - Laura Rosales, Principal of Middleton Primary Center

A special thank you to the Office of Traffic Safety for funding the pilot program.

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