Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
24 <br /> Behavioral 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 school. <br /> Field staff noted the following travel norms for Grady A Brown: <br /> ♦ Motorist behavior was observed as good. Drivers are generally respectful and <br /> follow rules. <br /> ♦ There is one point of entrance and exit for carpool traffic with a center turn lane <br /> on New Grady Brown School Road. <br /> ♦ Morning traffic was observed backing up to New Grady Brown School Road by <br /> 7:20AM and lining up in the center turn lane. <br /> ♦ In the morning, traffic on Oakdale Drive turning left onto Orange Grove Road <br /> backs up to Blair Drive. <br /> ♦ Through traffic was observed passing in the center turn lane coming from the <br /> west, but not a lot of non-school traffic was observed. <br /> ♦ Vehicles were observed zippering into the carpool line from both directions. <br /> ♦ Staff were observed passing the backed-up traffic to enter a separate staff <br /> entrance. <br /> ♦ Vehicles were observed in both the morning and afternoon making a U-turn <br /> along New Grady Brown School Road to get into the shortest queue. <br /> ♦ Moderate back up was observed in both directions in the morning. <br /> ♦ Vehicles turning left out of the school have a limited line of sight due to the <br /> vehicles in the center turn lane, creating safety concerns. <br /> ♦ A sheriff was present directing morning traffic, but staff noted they are not <br /> present every day. <br /> ♦ Heavy back up was observed from both directions in the afternoon.Traffic <br /> coming from the east backs up almost to the intersection with Orange Grove <br /> Road. <br /> ♦ In the afternoon,vehicles lined up in the center turn lane sometimes block the <br /> left turn exit out of the school. <br /> Existing Infrastructure - Strengths <br /> Few strengths were noted due to the lack of pedestrian and bicycle facilities.The following <br /> observations were noted as existing system strengths: <br /> + Clear school zone signage is found along New Grady Brown School Road and <br /> Orange Grove Road. <br /> + There are on-campus sidewalks along the building front, adjacent to the carpool drop-off line. <br /> Safe Routes to School <br /> Orange County,North Carolina 22 <br />