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Cascade Middle and High School

School Location: 505 Johnson St. NW Cascade, Iowa 52033

Present Conditions Number of students: 384

Student Surveys

Student surveys were administered to 7th through 12th graders, at Cascade Middle and High School, during the month of November in 2009. During class, students were asked to fill out the survey form about their transportation to school. The survey asked students about the safety of their route to school and what they viewed as impediments to walking or biking to school.

Travel Mode to School 291 students responded to the survey, and this constitutes 76% of the student body.

Students responding to the survey travel to school by family vehicle (54.48%), by a school bus (26.21%) or by carpooling (10%).

Travel Time to School 61.73% of students responding to the survey stated that they spend less than 10 minutes traveling to school.

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Travel Distance to School Only 14.77% of students responding to the survey travel less than 1/2 mile to school, while 46.74% travel 2 miles or more to attend school.

Incentives/Programs The top student suggestions for increasing walking and biking were: 1. Shorter distance 2. Money 3. Reward/gift The streets cited most often by students as being unsafe included: 1. Highway 151 2. Highway 136 3. Riverview Road 4. Leaving the school parking lot 5. Leisure Lake Route

Environmental Factors Impacting Walking/Biking The most common changes that would encourage more students to walk or bike to school included making driving less convenient, shorter distance and increased safety. The major issues brought up by students were weather and distance.

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