Planning the Location and Design of Schools in Relation to the Transportation Network

This paper describes how road user safety in and around school areas is a highly sensitive subject. Many traffic problems have been created by poor planning in the location and design of the school campus along with the connectivity to the adjacent community that the school serves. Many of these problems have occurred because of a lack of good guidance available to local jurisdictions and school officials responsible for locating and building schools. This paper identifies desirable or recommended practices for school site planning, design and transportation facilities. Major issues at schools are discussed and a report outline is provided to address these issues. Some examples of desirable school sites, campus design and neighborhood connectivity are shown for illustrative purposes.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Cynecki, Michael J
  • Brownlee, Russell G
• Conference:
  • ITE 2007 Annual Meeting and Exhibit
  • Location: Pittsburgh PA, United States
  • Date: 2007-8-5 to 2007-8-8
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: 2007 Annual Meeting and Exhibit Compendium of Technical Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Campuses; Connectivity; Design; Planning; School safety; Schools
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01362743
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 2012 10:14AM