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Fulton Elementary School
School Location: 2540 Central Avenue Dubuque, Iowa 52001-3303
Present Conditions Number of students: 215
Bus Service: • Public Transit –Keyline Transit Green Line • School District Bus Service
Parent Surveys
Student surveys were administered to parents of children attending grades K-5 at Fulton 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 70 parents at Fulton Elementary School responded to the survey, and this constitutes 32.56% of the student body. Parents responding to the survey stated that their child travels to school most often by family vehicle (47.14%) or walking (37.14%).
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Travel Time to School 77.14% of parents responding to the survey stated that their child spends less than 10 minutes traveling to school.
Travel Distance to School 65.71% 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. 7.14%, 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 available adults, traffic amount and traffic speed. The major issues brought up by parents were unsafe intersections and crime along routes to the school.
Incentives/Programs The top parent suggestions for increasing walking and biking were: 1. Safety education 2. Crossing guards 3. After school programs The streets cited most often by parents as being unsafe included: 1. Intersections with White St 2. Intersections with Central Ave 3. 22nd St 4. 24th St 5. Intersections with Jackson 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.
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School Administrator Input Staff met with Fulton 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 Fulton administrators.
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Problem White St. - snow removal issues
Solution • City plows should clean to the curb • Enforcement of snow removal policies
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Traffic on Central travels more than 25 miles an hour
• Enforce traffic speed regulations
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Unsafe Intersection: 25th and Central Ave.
• Painted crosswalk • Add traffic signals with quick response during school arrival and dismissal times
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White St • Congestion during dismissal • Children walking and crossing alone
•Research funding sources to staff at unsupervised corners
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General Safety Concerns
•Training for staff in safety-lock downs for neighborhood issues
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Unsafe Intersection: Liberty Bank and 22nd St
• Add painted crosswalks
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Unsafe Intersection: 25th St and Jackson
• Add painted crosswalks
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• Enforcement of snow removal policies
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Fulton 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 Fu.lton Elementary School Fulton Infrastructure Reference Number FU1 FU2 FU3 FU4 FU5 FU6 FU7 FU8 FU9 FU10
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Intersection Central (in front of school at existing crosswalk) 25th/Central 25th/Central 22nd/White 22nd/White 24th/Jackson 24th/Jackson 25th/Jackson 25th/Jackson Central
Mid-block curb extensions at existing crosswalk Fully signalized crosswalk High visibility painted crosswalk High visibility painted crosswalk Curb extensions at all 4 corners High visibility painted crosswalk Curb extensions at all 4 corners High visibility painted crosswalk Curb extensions at all 4 corners Flashing school crossing lights at arrival and dismissal
Intersection (if applicable) White White
Projects Improve snow removal Research funding sources for adult crossing guards Staff training for safety-lock downs Helmet/Bike Safety programming
Intersection (if applicable) White Central White/26th
Projects Enforcement of existing snow removal regulations Enforcement of existing speed regulations Enforcement of existing snow removal regulations
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Mapping Fulton 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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