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29 <br /> 5 - Central Elementary School <br /> Central Elementary serves grades Kindergarten to 5 and is located in West Hillsborough along <br /> Hayes Street.The total enrollment of this school is 291 students. Surrounding land use is mostly <br /> residential.Traffic volumes along Hayes Street are low, while W King Street has an average <br /> daily traffic volume of 1,300 vehicles per day.There is a sidewalk along the north side of Hayes <br /> Street from Nash Street to the school.Twenty pedestrian crashes,with one fatality and one <br /> suspected serious injury, and four bicycle crashes have occurred within the 20-minute walk band. <br /> Approximately 5 students walk to school. Central Elementary School expressed a growing need for <br /> more bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure around the school. <br /> Table 1.5: Central Elementary School Characteristics <br /> Grades Serviced K-5t" <br /> Total Enrollment 291 <br /> Number of Buses 6 <br /> Number of Students Riding the Bus 134 in the AM;168 in the PM <br /> Number of Students Walking 5 <br /> Number of Students Cycling 0 <br /> Number of Students Driven 113 <br /> Special Needs Population 36 (12%) <br /> Land Uses Surrounding School Residential <br /> Presence of Bike Racks Yes <br /> No Walk Zones Yes <br /> Crossing Guards Yes <br /> Policies that Restrict Walking or Bicycling No <br /> Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Taught to Students No <br /> Existing Parking Capacity 70 spaces <br /> Presence of Car Waiting Zones Yes <br /> Number of Staff Managing Drop off/Pick up 6 <br /> Residences within a 10-mile bike ride from the 3459 <br /> school <br /> The following pages highlight the data collected pertaining to the strengths and weaknesses <br /> of the existing pedestrian environment for Central Elementary 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 2.8.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 2.10. <br /> Safe Routes to School <br /> Orange County,North Carolina 27 <br />