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ELIGIBILITY
The proposed project must be within 2 miles of a K-8 school. Attach an 8.5 X 11 inch map showing the location of the project and of the school.
Use the box(es) below to attach resolutions of support or letters of agreement from the school board and the municipality(s)' and, as necessary, the county's governing body(s).
SRS-I-2012-Haddonfield Borough-00207
Todd Day, PE, PP, CME - Borough Engineer
293691-LocationMap.pdf
293691-ResolutiontoSupportSRTSProg
293691-ResolutiontoSubmitFY2012SRT
293691-BOASupportLetter.pdf
293691-CountyEndorsement.pdf
TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT
Infrastructure/Engineering Popular Project Types:
Bikeways On-Street Bike Lanes, Off-Road Bike Paths, Bike Route, Bicycle Parking
Pedestrian Safety Sidewalks, ADA Curb Ramps, Crosswalks, Pedestrian Crossing Signs, Pedestrian Push-buttons/Signal Heads
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PROJECT NAME/LIMITS
Project Title: From: To:
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FY2012 Safe Routes to School Pedestrian Safety Infrastructure Improvements
Various roads around elementary schools (see Location Map).
Various roads around elementary schools (see Location Map).
Project Location
County to filter by:
Municipalities:
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Safe Routes to School - Infrastructure Application 2012
Camden County
Haddonfield Borough
Pedestrian_Safety
SCHOOL INFORMATION
Complete a separate sheet for EACH SCHOOL School Name: Address: Zip: School District: School-Designated Lead Coordinator: Contact-Name: Title: Organization: Contact Phone: Contact E-mail: Is the school part of a shared School District? Yes No If yes, please identify additional municipalities: The federal-aid Safe Routes to School program funds projects for students in kindergarten through eighth grade (K-8). Grade Levels at the school identified above: Student Population: Estimated number (not %) of students who currently: Walk to School: Bike to School: Ride the Bus: Drop off/other: Number of students living within 2 miles of the school: Number of students expected to benefit from project: Is courtesy/hazard busing provided? Yes No Is the School District a School Development Authority District? Yes No
Yes Is the school located in an Urban Aid Community? No
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Central Elementary School3 Lincoln Avenue08033Haddonfield Public Schools
K-5
0
Chuck KlausPrincipalCentral Elementary School(856) 429-5851 [email protected]
315
18916
110
315315
SCHOOL INFORMATION
Complete a separate sheet for EACH SCHOOL School Name: Address: Zip: School District: School-Designated Lead Coordinator: Contact-Name: Title: Organization: Contact Phone: Contact E-mail: Is the school part of a shared School District? Yes No If yes, please identify additional municipalities: The federal-aid Safe Routes to School program funds projects for students in kindergarten through eighth grade (K-8). Grade Levels at the school identified above: Student Population: Estimated number (not %) of students who currently: Walk to School: Bike to School: Ride the Bus: Drop off/other: Number of students living within 2 miles of the school: Number of students expected to benefit from project: Is courtesy/hazard busing provided? Yes No Is the School District a School Development Authority District? Yes No
Yes Is the school located in an Urban Aid Community? No
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Elizabeth Haddon Elementary School
K-5
0
501 Redman Avenue08033Haddonfield Public Schools
Craig OgelbyPrincipalElizabeth Haddon Elementary School(856) 429-0811 [email protected]
361
22029
112
361361
SCHOOL INFORMATION
Complete a separate sheet for EACH SCHOOL School Name: Address: Zip: School District: School-Designated Lead Coordinator: Contact-Name: Title: Organization: Contact Phone: Contact E-mail: Is the school part of a shared School District? Yes No If yes, please identify additional municipalities: The federal-aid Safe Routes to School program funds projects for students in kindergarten through eighth grade (K-8). Grade Levels at the school identified above: Student Population: Estimated number (not %) of students who currently: Walk to School: Bike to School: Ride the Bus: Drop off/other: Number of students living within 2 miles of the school: Number of students expected to benefit from project: Is courtesy/hazard busing provided? Yes No Is the School District a School Development Authority District? Yes No
Yes Is the school located in an Urban Aid Community? No
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Haddonfield Middle School5 Lincoln Avenue08033Haddonfield Public Schools
6-8
Gino PrioloPrincipalHaddonfield Middle School(856)429-5851 [email protected]
556
360800116
556556
SCHOOL INFORMATION
Complete a separate sheet for EACH SCHOOL School Name: Address: Zip: School District: School-Designated Lead Coordinator: Contact-Name: Title: Organization: Contact Phone: Contact E-mail: Is the school part of a shared School District? Yes No If yes, please identify additional municipalities: The federal-aid Safe Routes to School program funds projects for students in kindergarten through eighth grade (K-8). Grade Levels at the school identified above: Student Population: Estimated number (not %) of students who currently: Walk to School: Bike to School: Ride the Bus: Drop off/other: Number of students living within 2 miles of the school: Number of students expected to benefit from project: Is courtesy/hazard busing provided? Yes No Is the School District a School Development Authority District? Yes No
Yes Is the school located in an Urban Aid Community? No
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J. Fithian Tatem Elementary SchoolOne Glover Avenue08033Haddonfield Public Schools
K-5
Heather VaughnSRTS ChampionJ.F. Tatem Elementary School(856) [email protected]
439
274150150
439439
Problem Statement
Describe the Obstacles (physical or other) to walking or bicycling to school.
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The physical obstacles on the existing designated safe routes to the four K-8 schools
include:
1. The lack of sidewalk within certain segments of the routes. Within many of these
segments, children are forced to walk in the street due to lack of shoveled sidewalks
during winter months (a property owner responsibility by ordinance for all sidewalks) or
even by the shear amount of landscaping in the area where sidewalks would be constructed.
2. The lack of ADA-compliant curb ramps for at numerous intersections for
physically-disabled students, bikes, and strollers of accompanying parents/grandparents.
3. The proximity to the walking public and the volume of traffic along many of the
streets, particularly the County roads and the streets adjacent to the schools.
The mental obstacles to walking or bicycling to school include:
1. Parents concern for their children's safety due to the proximity to the walking public
and the volume of traffic along the county roadways.
2. The perception from the parents that it is easier to drive their children to school.
Problem Statement cont’d Describe current risks facing children who walk or bicycle to the school(s).
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- The lack of sidewalks in areas along designated safe routes that force children to walk
in the street or across uneven ground with numerous tripping hazards.
- Tripping hazards due to lack of ADA-compliant curb ramps along designated safe routes.
- High volumes of traffic along many of the streets, particularly the County roads and the
streets adjacent to the schools.
- The proximity of vehicular traffic to the walking public along many roadways.
- High speeds of traffic along certain stretches of roads.
- Low visibility of crosswalk striping and signage along existing routes.
- Congestion around schools from the number of cars dropping off or picking up students.
DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT
Describe existing programs and improvements that demonstrate a commitment to encouraging walking and bicycling to school.
Have the school(s), municipality, or other partners initiated or participated in any programs to encourage or support walking and bicycling to school (Walk to School Day, Bicycle Rodeo)?
Yes No
Provide a description and date:
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- September 2004: Borough and School District designated Safe Routes to all K-8
schools.
- Spring 2011: Tatem Elementary School Traffic/Safety Committee Parent Survey to
determine obstacles to having students walk to school.
- 9/6/11 and On-going: Tatem Elementary Walking School Buses, both formal and
informal. This program was initiated by the school's Traffic/Safety Committee.
- 10/3 to 10/7/11: Borough-sponsored Walk-To-School Week, promoted by all schools and
local news blog (see
http://haddonfield.patch.com/articles/haddonfield-walk-to-school-week-starts-monday).
- Monthly: Tatem Elementary Traffic/Safety Committee represented at the Borough's
Transportation and Pedestrian Safety (TAPS) Committee. The TAPS committee meets
monthly to discuss ways to improve pedestrian safety throughout the Borough,
including school routes.
- Weekly: Schools' Safety Patrols broadcast public service announcements (PSA's)
during morning public address announcements encouraging walking to school.
- Pending: Student Mileage Contest to be held for students to log in number of
blocks/miles walked to school to win prizes.
- Pending: Tatem Elementary School to distribute promotional materials (pencils,
backpack key chains, reflective bands) for Walking School Bus program with "See You
on the Walking School Bus" motto.
- Pending: Schools to design a Walk-to-School Logo to use on promotional and
educational materials.
Have the school(s), municipality, or other partners made, or planned to make, physical improvements that encourage walking and bicycling to school (warning signs, sidewalks, bicycle racks)?
Yes No
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- 2005/2006: Bicycle racks installed at all K-8 schools.
- 2008: Raised Intersections with brick crosswalks installed at 3 intersections near
Central Elementary and Haddonfield Middle School utilizing 2007 SRTS grant money.
- Pending: Tatem Elementary School plans to install sidewalk stamping along their
existing Walking School Bus routes to school using approved paint and school mascot
"tiger prints".
Is the proposed project a continuation of a previously funded project or study?
Yes No
If yes, provide name of project or study
Does the proposed project connect to a regional bicycle or pedestrian network?
Yes No
If yes, show on an 8.5 X 11 inch map
Do(es) the school(s) to be served by the proposed project have a written policy supporting walking and bicycling to school?
Yes No
If yes, attach policy.
Is the proposed project identified in a Municipal Master Plan? Yes No
If Yes, attach relevant page(s) of plan.
Has the need for the project been identified in a School Travel Plan? Yes No
If Yes, attach plan.
Is the proposed project identified in a School Wellness Policy? Yes No
If Yes, attach relevant page(s) of plan
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293701-Parent-Student_Handbook--20
293701-1984MasterPlanthru2009Amend
PROBLEM DOCUMENTATION
Attach an 8.5 by 11 inch location map showing up to a two-mile radius of the school(s). Label the school site(s) and problem areas.
Attach up to ten photographs of problem areas.
Attach additional files (crash data, accident reports, maps, survey results, health statistics, crime statistics or reports, speed surveys, walkability audits, census information, etc.) which provide evidence of the severity of the problem.
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293702-CentralElementaryCrosswalks
293702-ChewsLanding_NoSidewalk.JPG
293702-ChewsLanding_NoSidewalk(1).
293702-GroveSidewalk(2).JPG
293702-GroveStreetStriping_Existin
293702-GroveStreetStriping_Require
293702-Grove_HopkinsCrosswalk.JPG
293702-Grove_MapleCrosswalk.JPG
293702-HinchmanAve_NoSidewalk.JPG
293702-WashingtonAve_NoCurbCut.JPG
293702-LocationMap_ProblemAreas.pd
293702-2011TatemElementaryTraffic_
Infrastructure Project Proposal
The federal-aid Safe Routes to School program funds infrastructure/engineering projects that fall into two categories: Design (available only to School Development Authority school districts and Urban Aid municipalities), and Construction/Installation. Note that all projects must be within the jurisdiction of the funding recipient. Popular projects are listed below: Engineering School Zone Designation On-Street Bicycle Facility Traffic Calming Devices Off-Street Bicycle/Pedestrian Facility Designating School Routes Pedestrian/Bicycle Crossing Improvements Infrastructure Gap Assessment and Improvements Street Striping Bicycle Parking Facilities Sidewalk Improvements Please select only one phase. Construction/Installation phase applications may be submitted singly, with no other phase application required. However, applicants who wish to apply for Design phase funding must also submit a separate application for Construction/ Installation phase funding. Please note that Planning and Right of Way acquisition are no longer eligible phases. Please Select a Phase: Design Construction If Construction, please provide a length of proposed improvement. Bikeway (miles) Pedestrian (miles) Describe the project in summary. Indicate the school(s) at which the project will take place.
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The Borough of Haddonfield is in itself a very pedestrian community with its
sidewalk-lined streets, downtown shopping area, and compact safe neighborhoods filled with
families. Within the Borough, the Haddonfield Public School system operates three (3)
neighborhood elementary schools for grades K-5 (Central, Elizabeth Haddon and J.Fithian
Tatem), one (1) centralized middle school for grades 6-8 (Haddonfield Middle School), and
a high school for grades 9-12. Due to its relatively small size of approximately two (2)
square miles, the District does not provide busing services to any of its schools. This,
along with elementary schools located within tight-knit neighborhoods and the
pedestrian-friendly attitude of the Borough, has led to a large number of walking and
bicycling students to and from the schools. With this, the Board of Education, along with
the Borough Commissioners, developed designated Safe Routes to all three (3) elementary
schools and the middle school (attached to Central Elementary School) back in early 2000.
The project for this grant focuses on completing existing physical gaps within the
designated safe routes, and addressing physical and “mental” issues to provide safer,
increased use of the routes. Although most of the streets within the Borough have
sidewalks, currently there are several areas along the routes that do not, which either
forces students to walk or bicycle in the street, or discourage pedestrian commuting all
together. This project proposes to install sidewalks in all of these locations. In
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and pavement striping.
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Infrastructure Project Proposal cont’d Explain how the project will create a safer walking and/or bicycling environment.
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The project will create a safer pedestrian environment in four (4) ways. First, concrete
sidewalks will be installed along the existing designated safe routes to school in areas
where there are currently gaps. This will prevent children from having to either walk in
the street or across uneven ground with numerous tripping hazards. Second, the
installation of ADA-compliant curb ramps will provide smoother paths for
physically-disabled students, bikes, and strollers of accompanying parents/grandparents.
In addition to eliminating tripping hazards, the ramps will permit barrier-free routes
for
all children and accompanying adults. Third, most of the existing crosswalks along the
safe routes are worn away and barely visible. By providing long-lasting, high-visible
thermoplastic striping for the existing crosswalks, they will be more visible to
vehicular
traffic, especially during the winter months when daylight is limited. Finally, the
project will provide high-visible signage and long-lasting, high-visible thermoplastic
striping along Grove Street, a narrow, high volume County road, which will visually
separate the motorists from the pedestrian commuters on sidewalks directly adjacent to
the
roadway and provide traffic calming for the area.
Infrastructure Project Proposal cont’d Explain how the project will enable and encourage more children to walk or bike to school.
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The project will enable and encourage more children to walk and/or bicycle to school in a
number of ways. First, by installing sidewalks and closing gaps in the existing safe
routes, children will have unobstructed safe pathways along their entire route to school.
Those families who reside beyond these existing gaps may now be more encouraged to permit
their children to walk or bicycle to school. Second, by installing ADA-compliant curb
ramps at every location along the routes, barrier-free paths will now be available to
families with physically-disabled students, and smoother paths will be available to bikes
and strollers of accompanying parents/grandparents. Providing easier routes will
encourage families to now permit their children to walk and/or bicycle to school.
Lastly,
for those areas with children walking on sidewalks directly adjacent to live traffic and
crossing streets with faded crosswalks, providing high-visible signage and long-lasting,
highly-visible roadway striping will provide safer routes, both physically and mentally.
This will help to eliminate parents’ fears of allowing their children to walk to school
on
these streets.
Infrastructure Project Proposal cont’d Distance from school (must be within 2 miles): Show on an 8.5 x 11 inch street map the proposed infrastructure improvements, school location, and walking and bicycling routes. Throughout its useful life, the project shall be owned and maintained by a municipality, county, or sponsor. In the box below, attach a resolution or letter asserting a commitment to the maintenance of the project from the responsible municipality, county, or sponsor. Is utility or road work planned within the project limits over the next 5 years? Yes No Is the purchase of Right-of-Way required before the start of Construction? Yes No Does the project intersect a state highway? Yes No If Yes, which Highway(s)? If Yes, is the intersection signalized? Yes No Is there a railroad crossing within the project limits? Yes No Will the construction impact traffic at a railroad crossing outside project limits? Yes No
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Timeline
Provide a project timeline from start to finish in a table or list format. Indicate progress milestones (such as easement acquisitions, if needed, and environmental and historical preservation approvals) by the number of months from written authorization to proceed to project completion and evaluation of results. Project must receive federal authorization within two years of the date that the applicant is notified of project selection. If the project is not authorized within two years of the award, the grant will be rescinded and the applicant will have to reapply.
Upload:
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Safe Routes to School - Infrastructure Application 2012
Design: Months 0 to 6 (Including new baseline surveys for all schools)
Advertise: Month 7
Bid Award, Contracts: Month 8
Construction: Months 9 to 12
Evaluation: Months 13-18 (Covering multiple seasons)
Pedestrian_Safety
Attach up to 5 letters of support from non-partner organizations or individuals. Letters of support must be addressed to the applicant, not the Department of Transportation. In order to be eligible, letters must be dated no earlier than January 1 of the calendar year prior to the current.
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Cost Estimate
Total Project Cost:
Total Amount Requested:
Attach a detailed cost estimate for the project:
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Safe Routes to School - Infrastructure Application 2012
$716,101.50
$716,101.50
293708-Engineer'sEstimate.pdf
Pedestrian_Safety
Evaluation
Describe how the results of the project will be measured. Minimally, grant recipients will be required to record the number and type of improvements installed, the number of participants in their programs, and the result of pre-and post-project surveys on how students travel to and from school. Describe how the safety and/or health benefits of the project will be measured. Potential measures may include: Increase in the number of children walking or bicycling to school Increased awareness of safe walking and bicycling behaviors Increased awareness of safe driving behaviors Reduction in crashes involving bicyclists and pedestrians Decrease in motor vehicle speeds in the school zone Decrease in motor vehicle traffic in drop-off areas Improvement in crime statistics around the school
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The safety benefits of the project will be measured by an increase in the number of
children walking and/or bicycling to school, the increase in the awareness and safe
driving behaviors of the traveling public, the decrease in motor vehicle speeds in the
school zones, and the decrease in the vehicular traffic in and around the schools.
Evaluation cont’d Describe how you will measure changes in how children travel to school. You will be required to report to NJDOT the results of a follow-up survey of how students travel to school at least once a year for three years following the start of your program/construction. Additional Documents:
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During the design phase of the project, surveys will be taken at each school to determine
the existing numbers of walkers and bicyclists and establish more accurate baseline
numbers for all schools. These surveys will include a parent questionnaire similar to
the
Spring 2011 Tatem survey and bi-weekly physical counts of students by volunteers
strategically stationed around the school entrances.
After completion of the project, monthly physical counts will be taken as described above
throughout an entire school year with parent questionnaires both at the beginning and end
of a school year. Beyond the first year, parent questionnaires will be taken twice per
year with at least one physical count taken per grading period.