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Safe Routes To School Update
Kristen Brookshire/UNC Highway Safety Research Center staff
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The Wake County Model Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program as funded by the John Rex Endowment is exploring existing municipal and school policies and identifying opportunities to enhance safety for all road users, particularly child pedestrians. The UNC Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC), as a part of the John Rex Endowment grant, is tasked with tracking changes to municipal policies and practices that may affect pedestrian safety in Wake County; and has prepared the following update:
All five SRTS Action Plans are nearing completion and will be finalized by July 1, 2016. Highlights of the plans are included below. The plans are recommendations and are accompanied by a small amount of funding ($16,000 per school):
? Northwoods Elementary (Cary):
o Interim pilot project (striping and flexi posts) on Boundary Street to shorten pedestrian crossing distance and reduce on-street parking conflicts
? Hodge Rd Elementary (Knightdale):
o Artistic crosswalk and sidewalk markings throughout the Mingo Creek neighborhood
o Let's Go, NC curriculum training for a task force of teachers per grade.
? Bugg Elementary (Raleigh):
o Enhanced greenway crossing and intersection improvements at Little John Rd and Cooper Rd to restrict illegal U-turn movements at the Worthdale Community Center entrance
? Ligon Middle (Raleigh):
o Creative and custom middle school focused program toolkit
? Lincoln Heights (Fuquay-Varina):
o Crosswalk markings added to the intersection of Mc Lean Street and Bridge Street to connect existing sidewalk infrastructure.
o Family day workshop with bicycle and pedestrian safety education
The project team is working with its partners to propose policy language for WCPSS and we are also working with WCPSS to include the "Let's Go NC!" materials and lesson plans on their internal curriculum portal. Ms. Kristen Brookshire...
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