Roosevelt Middle School

Roosevelt Middle School

Dubuque, Iow

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Roosevelt Middle School School Location:2001 Radford RoadDubuque, IA 52002

Student SurveysStudent surveys were administered to 6-8 graders, at Roosevelt Middle School, during the month of November in 2008. During class, 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 (see page 4).

Present Conditions

Number of students: 1113

Bus Service: • Public Transit – Keyline Transit Limited Access Red Line• School District Bus Service

1024 students responded to the survey, and this constitutes 92% of the student body.

Students responding to the survey travel to school by school bus (58.6%) or by family vehicle (25.98%).

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Incentives/Programs

Travel Distance to School

Travel Time to School

The top parent suggestions for increasing walking and biking were:1. Money2. iPod3. Reward or gift

The streets cited most often by parents as being unsafe included:1. NW Arterial2. Pennsylvania3. Asbury Rd.4. Seippel Rd. and Middle Rd.5. Radford Rd.

35.45% of students responding to the survey stated that they spend less than 10 minutes traveling to school.

Only 9.28% of students responding to the survey travel less than 1/2 mile to school, while 47.46% travel 2 miles or more to attend school.

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Environmental Factors Impacting Walking/BikingThe most common changes that would encourage more students to walk or bike to school included time, distance and weather. The major issues brought up by students were crime and violence, icy or snow covered sidewalks, lack of sidewalks and unsafe intersections near the school.

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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 Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt administrators.

Problem Solution1 Unsafe intersections: Radford and Camelot • Add stop light

• Add painted crosswalks

2 Radford at North city boundary has high speed traffic • Reduce speed limit• Add traffic calming devices• Add signage and possible radar wagon

3 Radford at North city boundary has high traffic speed• Jay walking across Radford Rd. near school property border• Visibility issue: crest of hill blocks visibility of crossing area for traffic

• Install fence next to east faculty parking lot to deter students from crossing through parking lot• Finish sidewalk to the South

4 Unsafe intersection: Radford Ct. and radford Rd. • Add a stop light or a 4 way stop• Add painted crosswalk

5 Unsafe intersection: Heacock and Asbury • Add painted crosswalk

6 Unsafe intersection: Saratoga and Asbury • Add a stop light

7 Unsafe intersection: NW Arterial and Pennsylvania and NW and Asbury

• Build pedestrian overpasses

8 Walkway from Saratoga to school along construction area

• Install surveillance camera to monitor walkway

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Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt Middle School.

RooseveltInfrastructureReference Number Intersection SuggestionRS1 Radford/Camelot Fully signalized intersectionRS2 Radford/Camelot High visibility painted crosswalkRS3 Radford/Camelot Flashing school crossing lights at arrival and dismissalRS4 Radford Flashing school crossing lights at arrival and dismissalRS5 Radford Curb extensions at all intersectionsRS6 Radford Build sidewalksRS7 Roosevelt campus Install fence next to east side of faculty parking lotRS8 Asbury/Heacock High visibility painted crosswalkRS9 Asbury/Saratoga Fully signalized intersectionRS10 NW Arterial/Pennsylvania Build pedestrian ooverpassRS11 NW Arterial/Asbury Build pedestrian ooverpassRS12 Saratoga Surveillance camera

PolicyNo Reference Number Intersection (if applicable) Suggestion

Safety/EnforcementNo Reference Number Intersection (if applicable) Suggestion

Radford Decrease speed limit

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Mapping Roosevelt 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.w

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!! Curb Extensions

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!! Painted Crosswalks

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!! Build Sidewalks

"" Surveillance Camera

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

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