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8 - Orange High School <br /> Orange High serves grades 9 to 12 and has a total enrollment of 1,200 student. It is located in <br /> northeast Hillsborough along Orange High School Road just off of US 70 and the surrounding <br /> land use is mostly residential with some commercial.The traffic volume along Orange High <br /> School Road is 3,500 vehicles per day,while US 70 has an average daily traffic volume of 13,500 <br /> vehicles per day.There are no pedestrian or bicycle facilities on the roadways in the vicinity of <br /> the school.Approximately 15-20 students walk or bike to school. <br /> Table 1.IS.Orange High School Characteristics <br /> Grades Serviced 9th-12th <br /> Total Enrollment 1200 <br /> Number of Buses 22 <br /> Number of Students Riding the Bus 470 in the AM;472 in the PM <br /> Number of Students Walking 15 <br /> Number of Students Cycling 2 <br /> Number of Students Driven 730 <br /> Special Needs Population Yes(#unknown) <br /> Land Uses Surrounding School Residential,Commercial <br /> Presence of Bike Racks Yes <br /> No Walk Zones None <br /> Crossing Guards No <br /> Policies that Restrict Walking or Bicycling No <br /> Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Taught to Students Yes <br /> Existing Parking Capacity 600 spaces <br /> Presence of Car Waiting Zones Yes <br /> Number of Staff Managing Drop off/Pick up 3 <br /> The following pages highlight the data collected pertaining to the strengths and weaknesses <br /> of the existing pedestrian environment for Orange Middle School.An overview map showing <br /> the bicycle and pedestrian crashes,existing infrastructure, a 20-minute walking radius, and a <br /> 10-minute biking radius is included in Figure 2.5. <br /> Behavioral Components of Vehicular and Pedestrian Traffic Patterns <br /> There are approximately 15-20 Orange High students walking or cycling to school.On-site <br /> observations noted several high school pedestrians walking through the practice football field <br /> to the nearby neighborhood. Field staff noted the following travel norms for Orange High: <br /> • Motorist behavior was observed as poor. Many drivers park on the side of the road to <br /> avoid the afternoon car queue and make illegal U-turns in the road, creating safety <br /> concerns for students and other drivers. Parents also cut into the car queue, park in <br /> visitor spots, and park in the woods causing a lot of potential for accidents. Other traffic <br /> speeds through the school zone. <br /> Safe Routes to School <br /> Existing Conditions Analysis 35 <br />