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3 - Cedar Ridge High School <br /> Cedar Ridge High serves grades 9 to 12 and is located southwest of Hillsborough town limits along <br /> New Grady Brown School Road just off of Orange Grove Road.The school has a total enrollment of <br /> 1,103 students.The traffic volume along New Grady Brown School Road is 3,200 vehicles per day, <br /> while Orange Grove Road has an average daily traffic volume of 4,600 vehicles per day.There are no <br /> pedestrian or bicycle facilities on the roadways in the vicinity of the school. Six pedestrian crashes, <br /> with two fatalities and two suspected serious injuries, and one bicycle crash have occurred within <br /> the 20-minute walk band.Two of the pedestrian crashes involved high school-aged pedestrians. <br /> Approximately 20-30 students walk to school. <br /> Table 1.3: Cedar Ridge High School Characteristics <br /> Grades Serviced gth -12th <br /> Total Enrollment 1103 <br /> Number of Buses 17 <br /> Number of Students Riding the Bus 503 in the AM; 615 in the PM <br /> Number of Students Walking 20-30 <br /> Number of Students Cycling 0 <br /> Number of Students Driven 500 <br /> Special Needs Population Unknown <br /> Land Uses Surrounding School Rural, Low-density residential,Agricultural <br /> Presence of Bike Racks Yes <br /> No Walk Zones None <br /> Crossing Guards Sherrill directing traffic in the AM and PM <br /> Policies that Restrict Walking or Bicycling Unknown <br /> Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Taught to Students Unknown <br /> Existing Parking Capacity 600 spaces <br /> Presence of Car Waiting Zones Yes <br /> Number of Staff Managing Drop off/Pick up 4-5 <br /> Residences within a 10-min bike ride from the 2719 <br /> school <br /> The following pages highlight the data collected pertaining to the strengths and weaknesses <br /> of the existing pedestrian environment for Cedar Ridge High School. A campus map showing <br /> bicycle and pedestrian crashes, existing infrastructure, school zone signage, key crossing IDs, and <br /> photo IDs is included in Figure 2.5.An overview map showing the bicycle and pedestrian crashes, <br /> existing infrastructure, a 20-minute walking radius, and a 10-minute biking radius is included in <br /> Figure 2.7. <br /> Safe Routes to School <br /> Orange County,North Carolina 16 <br />