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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

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Each application must include, as attachments, resolutions of support from the school board and from the governing body of each municipality in which the project is to be located. In addition, the agency with jurisdiction over the site where the project is proposed (the school, municipality or county) must show support for the project in the form of a resolution.

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Please provide the name and title of the person who will be in responsible charge of the project. This is a person who will be aware of the project's day-to-day operations, involved in decisions about changed conditions, aware of the qualifications and performance of staff at all stages of the project, and visiting the project with appropriate frequency.

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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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Pedestrian Safety/Bikeways

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School Zone Delineation, Driver Feedback Signs, Traffic Calming, etc.

PROJECT NAME/LIMITS

Project Title: From: To:


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:


Safe Routes to School - Infrastructure Application 2012

Camden County

Haddonfield Borough

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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


Central Elementary School3 Lincoln Avenue08033Haddonfield Public Schools

K-5

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Chuck KlausPrincipalCentral Elementary School(856) 429-5851 [email protected]

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18916

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315315

SCHOOL INFORMATION




Elizabeth Haddon Elementary School

K-5

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501 Redman Avenue08033Haddonfield Public Schools

Craig OgelbyPrincipalElizabeth Haddon Elementary School(856) 429-0811 [email protected]

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22029

112

361361

SCHOOL INFORMATION




Haddonfield Middle School5 Lincoln Avenue08033Haddonfield Public Schools

6-8

Gino PrioloPrincipalHaddonfield Middle School(856)429-5851 [email protected]

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360800116

556556

SCHOOL INFORMATION




J. Fithian Tatem Elementary SchoolOne Glover Avenue08033Haddonfield Public Schools

K-5

Heather VaughnSRTS ChampionJ.F. Tatem Elementary School(856) [email protected]

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Problem Statement

Describe the Obstacles (physical or other) to walking or bicycling to school.


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).


- 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:


- 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


- 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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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-Grove_MapleCrosswalk.JPG

293702-HinchmanAve_NoSidewalk.JPG

293702-WashingtonAve_NoCurbCut.JPG

293702-LocationMap_ProblemAreas.pd

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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.


Infrastructure Project Proposal cont’d Explain how the project will create a safer walking and/or bicycling environment.


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.


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.

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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:



$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


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:


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.

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