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Street Safety Research
Street safety concern? Too much traffic near school
What will you look for? The cars that pass by the front of our school and the ones that stop
What will you count or measure? We will tally the number of cars that pass by the front of the school and make an x to mark every five minutes. We will count how many stop near the school, too.
Names: Jamie, Mark, Sean, and parent helper
Date: April 7, 2002
Start Time: 7:45 a.m.
End Time: 8:20 a.m. (35 minutes)
Location: Intersection, SE 66th and Foster Road
| Possible problem: Traffic congestion |
Count or measure:
Cars passing and stopping at school |
Observations |
| All vehicles (Jamie counts, Mark writes and times) |
7:45lllll lllll llx lllll lllll lllll lx lllll lllll lllllx lllll lllll lllll lllll llx lllll lllll lllll llx lllll lllll lllll lllll llx lllll lllll lllll lllll llllx
12, 16, 15, 22, 17, 22, 24 |
Traffic got thicker after 8:00. Most vehicles were cars. Two were school buses. |
| How many vehicles stopped at school (Sean counts, parent helper writes) |
IIIIx IIIII Illlx lllll lllll llx lllll lllll lllll llx lllll lllll llllx lllll lllll lllll lllx lllll lllll llllx
4, 6, 12, 17, 14, 18, 19 |
After about 8:00, most cars pass to drop kids at school. Two buses came with kids at 8:10. People were still dropping their kids off right up to the bell! We had to go in, but we wondered how many came after the 8:20 bell! |
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Ideas:
We think kids who live close should walk or ride bikes. We think people who drive kids should get their kids to school sooner so it's not so crowded right near the bell. |
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