Douglas Elementary Study

 

General Observations-Loading Process

 

• The carpool children were split up by ages.  Douglas had two different carpools on either side of the school going on at the same time – one for K-2 and the other for 3-5.
• All the children waited outside on the sidewalk adjacent to the bay area.
• There were several safety patrol kids and they were actually out on the street assisting walkers.  They were not in the bay area.
• There were a couple of teachers who supervised the whole process in the bay area.
• Several cars came in and parked and then picked up their children.  They entered into the wrong side of the circle.  There were no “No Entrance” signs to prevent this from occurring.
• An AC unit made communication in the bay area difficult.

• Cones put at the middle to the end of the loading zone to enforce single lane queuing.
• 2/3 cars loaded at a time.
• Some parked cars backed up too close to the loading bay.

 

General Observations-Queuing Process

 

• Cars spilled on to Ortega Rd from 3:38pm to 3:49pm – 11minutes
• 1/2 cars waiting for left-turn at the intersection.
• Many cars went into the parking during peak, when spillage occurred on Ortega Rd.
• 9/10 kids wearing orange vests and holding orange flags, helped walkers cross road.

 

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