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2 - New Hope Elementary <br /> New Hope Elementary School serves grades Pre-Kindergarten to 5 and has a total enrollment <br /> of 559 students. It is located in south Hillsborough along New Hope Church Road just off of NC <br /> 86.Traffic volumes along New Hope Church Road range from 1,800 vehicles per day east of NC <br /> 86 to 5,100 vehicles per day west of NC 86.Traffic volumes along NC 86 range from 5,600 <br /> vehicles per day south of New Hope Church Road to 8,500 vehicles per day north of New Hope <br /> Church Road.The school is currently overcapacity based on projected land use in the area and <br /> future residential development projections.There are no pedestrian or bicycle facilities on the <br /> roadways in the vicinity of the school. No students walk or bike to school. <br /> Table 1.3:New Hope Elementary School Characteristics <br /> Grades Serviced Pre K-St' <br /> Total Enrollment 559 <br /> Number of Buses 7 <br /> Number of Students Riding the Bus 316 in the AM;391 in the PM <br /> Number of Students Walking 0 <br /> Number of Students Cycling 0 <br /> Number of Students Driven 243 in the AM;168 in the PM <br /> Special Needs Population 16 (3%) <br /> Land Uses Surrounding School Rural, Low density residential <br /> Presence of Bike Racks No <br /> No Walk Zones None <br /> Crossing Guards No <br /> Policies that Restrict Walking or Bicycling No <br /> Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Taught to Students No <br /> Existing Parking Capacity Front lot:60 spaces; Back lot:77 spaces <br /> Presence of Car Waiting Zones No <br /> Number of Staff Managing Drop off/Pick up 16 staff in the AM;15 staff in the PM <br /> The following pages highlight the data collected pertaining to the strengths and weaknesses <br /> of the existing pedestrian environment for New Hope Elementary School.An overview map <br /> showing the bicycle and pedestrian crashes, existing infrastructure, a 20-minute walking <br /> radius, and a 10-minute biking radius is included in Figure 2.2. <br /> 3ehavioral Components of Vehicular and Pedestrian Traffic Patterns <br /> There are no New Hope students walking or bicycling to school. On-site observations noted no <br /> elementary school pedestrians or cyclists walking in the vicinity of the school. Field staff noted <br /> the following travel norms for New Hope: <br /> • Motorist behavior was observed as poor. Many drivers try to cut in line and make illegal <br /> U-turns in the road.Through traffic passes in the center turn lane at full speed. <br /> • There are three driveways into the school. Car rider drop off and pick up occurs at the <br /> westernmost driveway. Cars queue around the easternmost and westernmost <br /> driveways.The middle driveway is for buses only. <br /> Safe Routes to School <br /> Existing Conditions Analysis 9 <br />