Swift Creek Study

 

General Observations-Loading Process

 

• Teachers were present in the bay area with walkie-talkies to radio the numbers down to the cafeteria (basement) where the children were waiting.
• At 3:25 (5 minutes before pickup time began) the principal walked around the queue and took note of the numbers in the parent’s windshields.
• There were 3 bays and 3 safety patrol children who opened car doors and escorted children to their appropriate cars.
• Several pedestrians walked across the active traffic lane during the pick-up times.
• Some parents parked in the blockaded area and walked inside to pick up their children.
• For a brief period of time the parking lot was backed up from cars wanting to make left handed turns out onto the access road to Tryon Road.

 

General Observations-Queuing Process

 

• No spillage occurred. Maximum queue stopped short of the storage length.
• Hardly any use of the exit lane on Tryon Rd. Most car riders prefer to use the exit on Yates Mill Pond Rd.

 

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