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Audubon Elementary School

School Location: 605 Lincoln Avenue Dubuque, IA 52001

Present Conditions Number of students: 284 Bus Service: • Public Transit – Keyline Transit Red Line • School District Bus Service

Parent Surveys

Student surveys were administered to parents of children attending grades K-5 at Audubon Elementary School, during the month of November in 2008. Parents were asked to fill out the survey form about their child’s transportation to school. The survey asked parents about the safety of their child’s route to school and what they viewed as impediments to walking or biking to school. Additionally, parents of students who walk or bike to school were asked to draw their route to school on school area maps (see page 4).

Travel Mode to School 91 parents at Audubon Elementary School responded to the survey, and this constitutes 32% of the student body. Parents responding to the survey stated that their child travels to school most often by walking (45.65%) or family vehicle (38.04%).

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Travel Time to School 86.96% of parents responding to the survey stated that their child spends less than 10 minutes traveling to school.

Travel Distance to School 75.00% of parents responding to the survey stated that their child travels less than 1/2 mile to school.

Grade Level Allowed to Walk/Bike to School Parents responding to the survey viewed 4th grade as an appropriate, allowable age for a child to walk or bike to school. A very small percentage, 1.43% , stated that they would never allow their child to walk or bike to school.

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Environmental Factors Impacting Walking/Biking The most common changes that would encourage more students to walk or bike to school included less traffic, more desirable weather, and a lower traffic speed.

Incentives/Programs The top parent suggestions for increasing walking and biking were: 1. Safety Education 2. Adult Supervision The streets cited most often by parents as being unsafe included: 1. Windsor Ave. and 22nd St. 2. Rhomberg Ave. and Elm St. 3. 21st St. and Elm St. 4. Jackson St. and 24th St. 5. All intersections crossing 22nd St.

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Mapping Student Routes and Crash Data Those students who walked or biked to school were asked to draw their routes on a provided map. These routes were compiled into Geographical Information Systems (GIS) format. The more heavily used routes began to overlap and become thicker displaying the primary routes used to access schools. This map also contains 2006 crash data from the Iowa Department of Transportation. E

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School Administrator Input Staff met with Audubon School administrators to discuss problems impacting children who walk or bike to school. During these meetings, both structural and educational solutions were discussed. The following table contains the problems and solutions that were listed by Audubon administrators.

Problem Solution J-walking on 22nd Street, Lincoln, Rhomberg, Windsor • Traffic signals with quick response during school arrival and dismissal times at Rhomberg/Johnson and Lincoln/Windsor Crosswalk

2 No ability to staff patrols at 22nd and Windsor or at • Funding sources to staff at unsupervised corners Johnson and Rhomberg 3 Motor vehicles - lack of awareness and knowledge of • Continue to inform/educate students and parents of how to deal with bicycles and pedestrians safe routes and appropriate safe behaviors traveling to/from school Bicyclists and Pedestrian - lack of awareness and knowledge of how to navigate traffic 4 Speeding traffic on 22nd, Windsor, and Rhomberg

• Enforcement of existing regulations

5 Parking/congestion on Providence Street

• Designated streets near the school as “no parking” or “no parking during school”

6 Potential unseen issues regarding Bee Branch Project

• Ongoing- continue dialogue with city officials regarding impact of Bee Branch Project on traffic flow and patterns

7 “Blind” corners at Lincoln and Windsor due to houses with large shrubs at corner

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Audubon Project List Project lists were developed for each school after holding public meetings and input sessions with school administrators, city planning and engineering staff, and the local police department. The following list outlines projects for Audubon Elementary School. Audubon Infrastructure Reference Number AU1 AU2 AU3 AU4 AU5 AU6 AU7 AU8 AU9* AU10 AU11 AU12 AU13 AU14 AU15 AU16 AU17 AU18 AU19 Policy No Reference Number

Intersection Rhomberg /Johnson Rhomberg /Johnson Lincoln/Windsor Lincoln/Windsor 22nd/Windsor 22nd/Windsor Providence between Stafford/Lincoln Lincoln /Humboldt Windsor/Rhomberg Windsor/Rhomberg Windsor/Rhomberg Johnson/Rhomberg 19th/Elm 20th/Washington 20th/Washington Rhomberg/Kniest Rhomberg/Kniest Lincoln/Windsor

Suggestion Fully signalized intersection High visibility painted crosswalk Fully signalized intersection High visibility painted crosswalk Fully signalized intersection High visibility painted crosswalk No Parking or No Parking during school hours Adult crossing guards at arrival and dismissal Student crossing guards at arrival and dismissal Curb extensions at 2 or more corners Flashing school crossing lights at arrival and dismissal High visibility painted crosswalks Curb extensions at 2 or more corners High visibility painted crosswalk Flashing school crossing lights at arrival and dismissal High visibility painted crosswalk Flashing school crossing lights at arrival and dismissal High visibility painted crosswalk Flashing school crossing lights at arrival and dismissal

Intersection (if applicable) 22nd/Windsor Johnson/Rhomberg Lincoln/Windsor Providence between Windsor and Johnson

Suggestion Research funding sources for adult crossing guards Research funding sources for adult crossing guards Visibility issues due to shrubs

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No Parking or No Parking during school hours Continued communication between schools and city regarding Bee Branch impacts Inform/educate students (bicycling and walking) and parents (driving motor vehicles) of safe routes and appropriate safe behaviors traveling to/from school Release students at staggered times based on mode Develop Neighborhood Safety Team

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Intersection (if applicable) 22nd St Windsor Rhomberg

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Suggestion Enforcement of existing speed regulations Enforcement of existing speed regulations Enforcement of existing speed regulations

Mapping Audubon Project List Based on the input received during public meetings and input sessions with school administrators, city planning and engineering staff, and the local police department, the following map was created to provide a visual representation of the projects. Each marker on the map corresponds to an issue in the table on page 6.

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