School Pool

It’s not just Carpooling

Metro School Pool helps alleviate traffic at your school by providing free information and tools to help parents save time and get their children to school safely. There are so many options to getting your students to school and Metro wants to help. Options include carpooling, walking and bicycling, using public transit, or offering school bus service. In addition, setting up drop off lanes or a valet service at your student’s school promotes a safer school environment. Click here to see what other schools are already doing!

Carpooling

If you are a school, it’s easy to get started, just fill out the Metro School Pool Enrollment Form. Metro will send you all the School Pool materials needed to launch a successful program.

There are two ways to run School Pool:

• A customized School Pool Directory, which will sort participants by either Streets or City/Zip Codes.
• Or, Metro can provide match lists, which contain the names and phone numbers of families at your school who are interested in carpooling on a regular basis or in case of an emergency. Contact information is confidential and will not be shared. At least 50 surveys are required per school for successful matching.

• Sample School Pool Directory page
• Sample Parent Survey Form for matching English | Spanish
• Metro School Pool Tips English | Spanish
• Tell us what your school is doing!
• Findings on the benefits of carpooling

Walking and Biking

You can help promote walking and biking to and from your school to help improve the quality of the environment. To make walking and biking safe for everyone, consider the following resources:

• LAUSD Office of Environmental Health and Safety of Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Program
• Safe Routes to School
• CDC KidsWalk-to-School
• Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition Biking Safely and Other Resources
• Develop a Walking School Bus!

Public Transit

Public transit is an option for older students and parents who volunteer to take groups of their students to school. Help relieve traffic! Check out Metro’s Rider’s Guide and easy to use Trip Planner to find your route!

• Metro Rider’s Guide
• Metro’s Trip Planner

Metro not only offers public transit options, but also a tour and safety presentation that is open to all students. Click on the links below to find out more:

• Rail safety presentation
• Teaching aids
• Metro safety and new rider orientation tours
• Art Tours

School Bus Service

• Help reduce traffic and parking needs by implementing a School Bus Service. Schools throughout the country have saved on gas and money by changing how their buses operate. Contact these schools in Los Angeles to set up a bus service at your school!

Controlling Traffic Around Your School

Valet programs have helped other schools control traffic and ensured safety for students. If you are interested, find out more by contacting schools that are making positive changes!

Also, check out how sheriff’s (Link to LASD Community Partnership Programs) are helping to make commuting to school safe for students! You too can help make commuting to school safer. Just ask your local Sheriff how!

Additional Resources

• Search the web for more web based ride sharing options!
• Travel to School Facts and Findings

Metro School Pool is a voluntary program, so there is no obligation to parents and no liability for schools.

Parents School Pool information

For further information, call Metro at 213.922.5634, or email Zarui Neksalyan at schoolpool@metro.net.

Disclaimer: The information on this site is provided as a resource. Metro does not partner, or endorse these resources. Metro simply has listed these resources as programs for parents, schools and students to understand Metro School Pool. Metro School Pool is a voluntary program.