Irving Elementary School by East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA)

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Irving Elementary School

School Location: 2520 Pennsylvania Avenue Dubuque, Iowa 52001-3036

Present Conditions Number of students: 477 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 Irving 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 211 parents of students at Irving Elementary School responded to the survey, and this constitutes 44.23% of the student body. Parents responding to the survey stated that their child travels to school most often by family vehicle (69.67%) or school bus (15.64%).

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Travel Time to School 76.78% of parents responding to the survey stated that their child spends less than 10 minutes traveling to school.

Travel Distance to School 39.81% 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. No parents 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 safety. The major issues brought up by parents were unsafe intersections and predators along the routes to school.

Incentives/Programs The top parent suggestions for increasing walking and biking were: 1. Safety education 2. After school programs 3. Street safety The streets cited most often by parents as being unsafe included: 1. McPoland St 2. Asbury Rd and St. Ambrose St 3. University Ave and Pennsylvania Ave 4. Loras Blvd and Grandview Ave 5. University Ave and Asbury Rd threeway stop

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Mapping Student Routes and Crash Data

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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.

School Administrator Input Staff met with Irving 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 Irving administrators.

Problem 1 Unsafe intersection: Pennsylvania and Green

Solution • Flashing yellow light to warn vehicles of changing light • Move stop light on Pennsylvania to intersection with Green St

2 Unsafe intersection: Pennsylvania and University

• Limit right turn on red for vehicles on University westbound

3 Motor vehicles - lack of awareness and knowledge of • Increased student/parent safety education through how to deal with bicycles and pedestrians newsletters, informational nights, and the school website Bicyclists and Pedestrian - lack of awareness and knowledge of how to navigate traffic

4 Visibility issues on McPoland Ave

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• Parking on one side of the street only on McPoland Ave to minimize traffic back up and visibility issues at arrival and dismissal times

Irving 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 Irving Elementary School.

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Projects Flashing school crossing lights at arrival and dismissal Move existing midblock signalized crosswalk (on Countdown pedestrian signals Limit right turn on red No Parking during school hours

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Data Source: Dubuque SRTS Student Surveys, November 2008 Map prepared by East Central Intergovernmental Association

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