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Northview School Safe Routes to School Plan Public Meeting Gabe Lewis Champaign County Regional Planning Commission 16 January 2020 Agenda Introduction Existing Conditions Public Comment Opportunities Introduction CCRPC

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Northview School Safe Routes to School Plan

Public Meeting Gabe Lewis

Champaign County Regional Planning Commission 16 January 2020

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Agenda

  • Introduction
  • Existing Conditions
  • Public Comment Opportunities
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Introduction

  • CCRPC received grants from IDOT to create transportation

plans for Rantoul:

  • Safe Routes to School (SRTS) plans for K-5 Rantoul City Schools
  • Village Transportation Plan for the Village of Rantoul
  • CCRPC has been doing school traffic studies and safe

walking route maps since 1987

  • SRTS 5 E approach:
  • Engineering
  • Education
  • Encouragement
  • Enforcement
  • Evaluation
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Northview Elementary School Existing Conditions

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Northview Student Distance to School

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Northview Student Distance to School

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Northview School Neighborhood

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Northview Distance & Time to School

  • Over 57% of Northview students

live within 10 minutes walking distance to Northview School.

  • 35% of these students need to

cross Grove Ave.

  • Barriers:
  • US 136 (Champaign Ave)
  • US 45 (Century Blvd)
  • Grove Ave
  • Clark St
  • Sheldon St

0-5 minute walk 14% 5-10 minute walk 43% 15 minute walk 23% 15+ minute walk 20%

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Northview Students within a Mile

Northview iew E Elem ementar ary Gr Grade Stude dents l living g 0 t to 1

  • 1/4

/4 mi mile from s

  • m school
  • l

Stude dents l living g 1/ 1/4 4 to to 1/ 1/2 2 mile from s

  • m school
  • l

Stude dents l living g 1/ 1/2 2 to to 1 1 mile from s

  • m school
  • l

Tot Total Kindergarten 7 18 15 40 First Grade 9 10 17 36 Second Grade 5 22 11 38 Third Grade 7 26 16 49 Fourth Grade 7 24 4 35 Fifth Grade 8 28 11 47 Tot Total 43 43 128 128 74 74 245 245

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Northview Bike and Pedestrian Facilities

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Northview Ped Compliance Scores

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Northview Pedestrian Signs

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Northview Traffic Circulation

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Northview Traffic Controls and Counts

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Northview Existing Mode Share

  • Family Vehicle = 43%
  • Walk = 23%
  • 47% of those walk from the west

(Sheldon Street/Campbell Drive)

  • 53% of those walk from the east

(Illinois Drive)

  • Of those, about 75% walked south, 25%

walked east.

  • School Bus = 13%
  • Carpool = 13%
  • Other Bus = 4%
  • Bike = 3%
  • Source: Teacher Tallies, RPC

Tallies

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Bicycle and Pedestrian Crash Reports within a Mile of Northview School

Northview Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Summary Location Year Weather Injury Level Road Surface Day of the Week Time Pedestrian Crash Summary Maplewood/Grove 2013 Clear B Injury Dry Sunday 8:43PM Prairie View/Klein 2014 Clear B Injury Dry Monday 6:05PM Sycamore 2014 Clear B Injury Dry Wednesday 6:08PM Chanute/Champaign 2015 Clear C Injury Dry Saturday 1:40PM Maplewood/Fairlawn 2016 Clear B Injury Dry Friday 12:25AM Bicycle Crash Summary Gerrard/Champaign 2013 Clear B Injury Dry Saturday 10:55AM Maplewood/Clark 2014 Clear B Injury Dry Tuesday 2:50PM Sheldon/Congress 2014 Clear C Injury Dry Thursday 1:18PM Maplewood/Grove 2016 Clear B Injury Dry Saturday 9:58AM Klein 2016 Cloudy B Injury Dry Saturday 11:22AM Prairie View/Fairlawn 2017 Clear B Injury Dry Friday 3:51PM

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Rantoul Automobile Crashes

Crash Severity 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total % Fatal 1 1 0% A Injury 6 1 1 3 7 18 3% B Injury 20 14 22 8 23 87 15% C Injury 6 5 10 12 12 45 8% No Injuries 85 86 98 69 94 432 74% Total 117 106 132 92 136 583 100%

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Student Survey Concerns (all schools)

  • Aggressive drivers
  • Bike theft
  • Busy streets to cross
  • Maplewood Drive
  • US 45 (Century Blvd.)
  • US 136
  • Too far to walk
  • Personal safety concerns
  • Sibling/family influences
  • Sidewalk/road condition
  • Want more streetlights
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Tonight’s Activities

  • Vision Board
  • Use post-it notes to provide your ideas for the future vision of

transportation in Rantoul

  • Comment Card
  • Complete your comment card to provide more input on existing

conditions and the future vision of transportation in Rantoul

  • Large Maps
  • Add your comments where you want to see transportation

improvements in Rantoul

  • Survey
  • Complete transportation survey with Ana (U of I urban planning

student)

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Thank You!

  • Gabe Lewis
  • CCRPC Planner
  • glewis@ccrpc.org
  • 217-328-3313