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School Location: 180 W 15th St Dubuque, IA 52001
Present Conditions Number of students: 50 Bus Service: 窶｢ Public Transit 窶適eyline Transit Gray Line and Green Line
Student Surveys
Surveys were administered to students attending grades 7th through 12th at Four Oaks, during the month of November in 2008. Students were asked to fill out the survey form about their transportation to school. The survey asked students about the safety of their route to school and what they viewed as impediments to walking or biking to school. Additionally, students who walk or bike to school were asked to draw their route to school on school area maps.
Travel Mode to School 22 students at Four Oaks responded to the survey, and this constitutes 44% of the student body. The majority of Four Oaks students responding as to their mode of travel to school, stated that they arrive by family vehicle (18.18%) or by walking (13.64%).
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Travel Time to School 50% of students responding to the survey stated that they spend less than 10 minutes traveling to school.
Travel Distance to School Only 27.28% of students responding to the survey travel less than 1/2 mile to school, while 22.73% travel 2 miles or more to attend school.
Incentives/Programs The top student suggestions for increasing walking and biking were: 1. Ipod 2. Fitness 3. MP3 players The were no specific streets cited as being unsafe.
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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 a decrease in the distance traveled to school. The major issues brought up by students were unsafe alleyways and unshoveled walkways near the school.
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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.
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School Administrator and Neighborhood Association Input Staff met jointly with the Downtown Neighborhood Council and Four Oaks staff to discuss problems impacting children who walk or bike to school. During these meetings, both structural and educational solutions were discussed. The following tables contain the problems and solutions that were listed by the Downtown Neighborhood Council members and Four Oaks staff. Problem Unsafe Intersection: Locust and W 13th St
Solution • Create awareness for pedestrians and cars
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Visibility of pedestrian traffic in alleys W Locust • Very narrow • Uneven sidewalks
• Limit parking on both sides • Improve sidewalk conditions • Grant park extension to 16th St
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Sidewalk obstruction on Bluff between 9th and 11th
• Clear out obstruction
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12th and Main snow and ice buildup at curb areas
• Enforcement of snow clearing policies
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Jackson Park (16th and Iowa St and 16th and Main)
• Addition of children playing sign
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17th and Locust lacks visibility
• Add street lighting
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Unsafe Intersection: 11th St and Bluff
• Add painted crosswalks
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Unsafe Intersection: 11th St and Locust
• Add painted crosswalks
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10 Unsafe Intersection: 13th St and Iowa
• Add painted crosswalks
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• Add painted crosswalks
Unsafe Intersection: 13th St and Central
12 Unsafe Intersection: 17th St, Madison and Main
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• Add a 4 way stop