Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
believe that the 328 spaces may accommodate event parking, if overflow parking <br />can take place in the bus loop and the stack space of the Kiss and Go lane, To <br />lower the spaces any more would jeopardize community and school events as <br />well as the security of surrounding neighborhoods. <br />The Board of Education, through Policy 9040, also wanted to focus on reducing <br />vehicle miles traveled or (VMT). A major purpose in locating the school in the <br />south of the district was to reduce driving time and distance, Based on current <br />ridership data at the high schools, the mere location of the building off Rocl< <br />Haven will save in excess of 750,000 vehicle miles traveled annually. Another <br />concern was to get students to school and to keep them there. Starting in 2005- <br />2006, off campus privileges for 1Lmch will be restricted to seniors. That will <br />significantly reduce traffic during lunch tune, <br />An analysis of ridership at our present high schools indicates that 33% of the <br />students ride a bus, 32% drive themselves and 35% are brought by their parents, <br />To reduce Vlvf'Ts even further at the new high school, several efforts need to be <br />made. <br />1, Encourage students to ride the school bus, There is no more efficient or <br />safer way for students to get to and from school. The average bus trip in <br />the district is less than 25 minutes, substantially less than that of public <br />transportation. <br />~2, Provide adequate parking for students in order to reduce round trips by <br />parents. One parking space reduces VMTs by 50 % if the parent otherwise <br />would bring the student to school in the morning and pick him up in the <br />afternoon, <br />3. Encourage the use of public transportation to and from school. While <br />public transportation does not serve several areas that the school will <br />draw shrdents from, any use of public transportation reduces VMTs, <br />