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• Cars are not supposed to turn left into the school.They are supposed to get in the car queue to turn right.This necessitates that cars coming from the west make a U-turn to enter the car queue. • Several vehicles arriving from the southwest were observed making a U-turn on New Hope Church Road to get in the car queue. Field staff observed several near misses with a car driving straight and a car making a U-turn. • The majority of motorists turn right out of the school towards NC 86. • The morning carpool queue wraps all the way around the third/easternmost driveway and onto New Hope Church Road past the last school driveway.Traffic backs up onto New Hope Church Road by 7:17AM and backs up past the third driveway entrance by 7:25AM.Traffic does not clear until after 7:40AM. • Through traffic was observed passing in the two-way left-turn lane. • Buses were observed crossing through the morning carpool line and passing in the two-way left-turn lane. • All traffic in the two-way left-turn lane causes a conflict for exiting traffic. • The signal at the intersection of New Hope Church Road /NC 86 queues all the way to the carpool exit line and does not include a protected left phase/exclusive turn lane. Existing Infrastructure-Strengths Few strengths were noted due to the lack of pedestrian and bicycle facilities.The following observations were noted as existing system strengths: • Clear school zone pavement marking is found along New Hope Church Road. • There are on-campus sidewalks along the building front, adjacent to the carpool drop- off line. Existing Infrastructure- Deficiencies There are multiple issues related to infrastructure deficiency and traffic issues that warrant improvement,create safety hazards, and prevent children from walking and cycling to school safely. Key weaknesses, barriers, and obstacles include the following: • There are multiple two-lane, rural roadways that pose safety barriers for school-age cyclists and pedestrians. • Traffic is significant,especially during school start and end times, along the primary routes to school, NC 86 and New Hope Church Road. • Overall,the carpool queue is not efficient or suitable for the morning drop off.Very few cars can drop off at one time and cars wait in the queue for an excessive amount of time.Additionally, many students were tardy in the morning due to the excessive amount of time to get through the car line. • There are no pedestrian or bicycle facilities found on adjacent roadways.Table 2.2 summarizes key locations where insufficient infrastructure creates barriers to pedestrians and bicyclists. Safe Routes to School Existing Conditions Analysis 10