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23 <br /> 4 - Grady A Brown Elementary School <br /> Grady Brown Elementary serves grades Kindergarten to 5 and is located southwest of Hillsborough <br /> town limits 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 average <br /> daily traffic volume of 4,600 vehicles per day.There are no pedestrian or bicycle facilities on the <br /> roadways in the vicinity of the school. Six pedestrian crashes,with two fatalities and two suspected <br /> serious injuries, and one bicycle crash have occurred within the 20-minute walk band. No students <br /> walk or bike to school, but some Cedar Ridge High students do cross the street to travel to and <br /> from the elementary school. <br /> Table 1.4: 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 09%) <br /> Land Uses Surrounding School Rural, Low-density residential,Agricultural <br /> Presence of Bike Racks No <br /> No Walk Zones None <br /> Crossing Guards Sherriff 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 /> 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 Grady A Brown Elementary School.A campus map <br /> showing bicycle and pedestrian crashes, existing infrastructure, school zone signage, key crossing <br /> IDs, and photo IDs is included in Figure 2.6.An overview map showing the bicycle and pedestrian <br /> crashes, existing infrastructure, a 20-minute walking radius, and a 10-minute biking radius is <br /> included in Figure 2.7. <br /> Safe Routes to School <br /> Orange County,North Carolina 21 <br />