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4 - Grady A Brown Elementary School <br /> Grady Brown Elementary serves grades Kindergarten to 5 and is located in southwest <br /> Hillsborough along New Grady Brown School Road just off of Orange Grove Road. Surrounding <br /> land use is mostly rural, low density residential with some agricultural.The traffic volume along <br /> New Grady Brown School Road is 3,200 vehicles per day,while Orange Grove Road has an <br /> average daily traffic volume of 4,600 vehicles per day.There are no pedestrian or bicycle <br /> facilities on the roadways in the vicinity of the school. No students walk or bike to school, but <br /> some Cedar Ridge High students do cross the street to travel to and from the elementary <br /> school. <br /> Table 7.7.Grady Brown Elementary School Characteristics <br /> Grades Serviced K-5t" <br /> Total Enrollment 415 <br /> Number of Buses 8 <br /> Number of Students Riding the Bus 189 in the AM;251 in the PM <br /> Number of Students Walking 0 <br /> Number of Students Cycling 0 <br /> Number of Students Driven 200 <br /> Special Needs Population 80 (19%) <br /> Land Uses Surrounding School Rural, Low density residential,Agricultural <br /> Presence of Bike Racks No <br /> No Walk Zones None <br /> Crossing Guards Sheriff directing traffic occasionally <br /> Policies that Restrict Walking or Bicycling No <br /> Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Taught to Students No <br /> Existing Parking Capacity 90 spaces <br /> Presence of Car Waiting Zones No <br /> Number of Staff Managing Drop off/Pick up 20 <br /> The following pages highlight the data collected pertaining to the strengths and weaknesses <br /> of the existing pedestrian environment for Grady A Brown Elementary School.An overview <br /> map showing the bicycle and pedestrian crashes, existing infrastructure, a 20-minute walking <br /> radius, and a 10-minute biking radius is included in Figure 2.3. <br /> 3ehavioral Components of Vehicular and Pedestrian Traffic Patterns <br /> There are no students walking or bicycling to this school.On-site observations noted no <br /> elementary school pedestrians or cyclists walking in the vicinity of the school, but there were a <br /> small number of high school students walking between the high school and elementary <br /> school. Field staff noted the following travel norms for Grady A Brown: <br /> • Motorist behavior was observed as good. Drivers are generally respectful and follow <br /> rules. <br /> • There is one point of entrance and exit for carpool traffic with a center turn lane on <br /> New Grady Brown School Road. <br /> Safe Routes to School <br /> Existing Conditions Analysis 18 <br />