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School Location: 502 Franklin Street Bellevue, Iowa 52031

Marquette High School Present Conditions Number of students: 245

Student Surveys Student surveys were administered to 9th through 12th graders, at Marquette 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 85 students responded to the survey, and this constitutes 35% of the student body.

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Students responding to the survey travel to school by a family vehicle (43.53%) or by a school bus (15.29%).

24.71% No response

3.53%

Other 43.53%

Carpool Family Vehicle

15.29%

School Bus Transit

0.00%

Bike Walk

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12.94%

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Travel Time to School 49.25% of students responding to the survey stated that they spend less than 10 minutes traveling to school.

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1.49%

No response 14.93%

Don't know More than 20 min 11-20 min

34.33%

5-10 min Less than 5 min

0.00%

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Travel Distance to School Only 23.53% of students responding to the survey travel less than 1/2 mile to school, while 60.00% travel 2 miles or more to attend school.

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1.18% No response

17.65%

Don't know Less than 1/4 mile

5.88%

1/4 mile up to 1/2 mile 1/2 mile up to 1 mile

8.24%

1 mile up to 2 miles More than 2 miles

7.06% 60.00%

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Incentives/Programs The only student suggestion for increasing walking and biking was:

0.00% 0.00% Contest or cause

0.00% 0.00%

Reward/gift 100.00%

lighter backpack Money

0.00%

Biking/walking club 0.00%

Nicer weather

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Walking groups physical fitness

0.00%

recreational activities

0.00%

Shorter distance

0.00%

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After school programs

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The streets cited most often by students as being unsafe included: 1. State Street 2. Highway 52 3. Franklin St 4. 6th St 4. Parking lot traďŹƒc

120%

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

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School Administrator Input Staff met with Marquette High School administrators and local officials to discuss problems impacting children who walk or bike to school. During these meetings, both structural and educational solutions were discussed. The following table contains the problems and solutions that were suggested at the meeting.

MHS1

Problem Solution No sidewalk on north side of Park St west of the Construct sidewalks school.

MHS2 Sidewalk on State east of 7th St is in poor condition

Repair Sidewalks

MHS3 Parents would feel safe is students could bike on Put wide sidewalks in along 2nd St. sidewalks instead of streets. Our sidewalks are not good.

MHS4 Railroad runs along 2nd st • Create pedestrian railroad crossings • Work with Canadian Pacific to educate children on railroad safety MHS5 Snow on Sidewalks from the snowplows City needs to make sure that sidewalks are not covered with snow from the streets

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Mapping Marquette High School Project List Based on the input received during public meetings and input sessions with school administrators, city planning and engineering staff, and the local police department, the following map was created to provide a visual representation of the projects. Each marker on the map corresponds to an issue in the table on page 4.

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