Presentation-2023 Parent Survey Report-11.08.2023 Cupertino Safe Routes to School
Spring 2023 Parent Survey Results
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SurveyPurpose
• Cupertino Safe Routes to School has been collecting data on how students travel
to and from school since the fall of 2015. This data helps us to better understand
citywide student transportation trends across all grade levels. Data is collected both
through student and parent surveys.
• Student transportation data is collected yearly through in-class student surveys.
• The parent survey is conducted periodically with the goal of understanding why
families are making the transportation choices that they are.
• This report summarizes the findings from our most recent Parent Survey, conducted
April 10-24, 2023.
Parent SurveyHistory
• The Cupertino student transportation survey was first done in Fall 2015.
• The Cupertino 2023 Parent Survey was offered online and generally follows the
Parent Survey that is provided by the National Safe Routes to School Partnership.
Cupertino modified the national survey to reduce data privacy concerns and
update several questions to better reflect the realities of Cupertino commuting.
• At the request of both school districts, all schools in both CUSD and FUHSD were
included in the 2023 survey including those outside of Cupertino.
• Parents with students in more than one school or grade were asked to fill out the
survey with their youngest student in mind.
S u ry a Responses Number of Students per Family
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• 2807 total survey responses
• CUSD: 1955
• FUHSD: 852 110154%
Student Grade Level
• 3118 students represented
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• 12 % overall response rate 1200
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• The majority of both CUSD and FUHSD respondents live in Cupertino
City of Residence City of Residence
Students in All Schools Los Altos Only Students in Cupertino Schools
Los Altos Saratoga
4% Saratoga 3% a g
4% Other 30%
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Santa Clara_\ 1% Santa Clara 1
5% 4%
San Jose
9%
San Jose
23%
Sunnyvale
27%
SurveyLanguage
Survey Total CUSD Percentage
Language Surveys
Taken
English 1859 95%
Chinese 33 2%
• CUSD survey was offered through Korean 21 1%
Peachjar in all their languages Japanese 20 1%
Spanish 12 1%
• Primary response language was Ukrainian 2 0%
English Hindi 1 0%
• FUHSD survey was only offered in English Kannada 1 0%
Polish 1 0%
Portuguese 1 0%
Tamil 1 0%
Telugu 1 0%
Thai 1 0%
Vietnamese 1 0%
Total 1955
Key Observations and
Takeaways:
Most students commute between 1
Parent Survey and 2 miles
Commutes Most commutes take 11 -20 minutes
High School commutes tend to be
longer (miles and minutes) than
Elementary School commutes
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Commute Distance Commute Distance
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Commute Time Commute Time
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CommuteInformation
• Parent reporting of commute Commute Method
methods yields similar totals to 1°°%
Student Travel Tally 90%
80%
70%
• Commute data for only schools 60%
located in Cupertino shows a 4% 40;0
higher Alternative Transportation 30%
rate than for the entiretyof CUSD 20°'°
10%
and FUHSD 0%
AM PM
•Walk •Bike •Other •Bus ■Transit •Carpool ■Car •(blank)
mm tChoiceso u e
• Overall, 55% of parents allow their students to walk or bike to school
• Parents are more likely to let older students walk or bike
• Parent of multiple students are more likely to let them walk or bike
Are Students Allowed to Walk or Bike? Are Students Allowed to Walk or Bike?
By school age By Num of Siblings
100% 100%
80% 80%
60% 60%
II
40% 40%
20% 20%
0% 0%
Elementary School Middle School High School 1 2 3 4
■Yes ■no ■yes ■no
Key Observations and
Takeaways:
Top 3 perceived benefits of walking
Parent Survey and biking to school:
• Exercise
• Avoiding drop off lines
Choices • Fostering independence
Top 3 perceived concerns about
walking and biking to school:
• Amount of traffic
• Unsafe intersections
• Speed of traffic
Perceived benefits and concerns
do not vary much with student age
or commute method
Reported Benefits of Walking and Biking
Reported Benefits of Walking & Biking
Improve your child's test scores
Do not need a car
Socialize with family friends and neighbors
Relax and reduce stress
Save time
Reduce your family's carbon footprint
Foster your child's independence and confidence
Avoid the drop off and pick up lines
Exercise
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
Reported Concerns with Walkin and Biking g
Concerns with Walking & Biking
My child is still too young
Too many steep hills •
Lack of a working bicycle for me or my child
Lack of bike/scooter/skateboard parking
My child is not comfortable enough on a bike
My child's lack of understanding of the rules of the road when...
Walking or biking is not as convenient as driving
Lack of crossing guards
Lack of sidewalks or pathways
Violence or crime
Child's before or after school activities
No trusted adult or older student to walk or bike with
Walking or biking takes too long
Bad weather
School is too far to walk or bike
Speed of traffic along route
Unsafe intersections and/or crossings
Amount of traffic along route - -
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
Encouragement
• Most parents think schools don't School Encourages Walking/Biking
discourage walking and biking
HS
• More parents think high schools
discourage walking and biking than MS
middle and elementary schools,
particularly Homestead High School
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0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
•strongly encourages •encourages •neither discourages •strongly discourages
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