Attached is some information regarding the traffic impact from the new Passages Charter School, which is moving into the building currently owned and occupied by the 4 C?’s (1 door west of Dunkin Donuts on Montrose).
This information was provided by Ralph Hardy of Asian Human Services.
Please let me know of any questions, comments or concerns you may have.
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TRAFFICE IMPACT STUDY FOR PASSAGES CHARTER SCHOOL
June 21, 2001
Passages Charter School, an elementary school, located at 1447 W. Montrose anticipates an enrollment of 120 students in its first year of operation, with an increase to 180-200 students by 2006. The school will draw students from primarily the north side neighborhoods of Chicago, including Uptown, Edgewater, Rogers Park, and West Ridge.
A bus service will be provided for students living 1.5 to 6 miles from the school. The school hours of operation are 7:30 am to 6 pm, with academic instruction beginning at 8:30 and ending 3:00. Passages anticipates utilizing only one bus, which will unload approximately 40 students between 8 and 8:30 am. An anticipated 70-80 children will reach the school daily through parent automobile drop-off or CTA busses or by walking to school, accompanied by a parent or adult. An estimated 40% (48) of students will arrive between 7:30 and 8 am, with the rest arriving via the bus or by parent drop-off.
Passages will remain open until 6 p.m. We anticipate that approximately 60% of our students will leave between 12:30 (half-day PK) and 3:30, when the regular school day ends, via the bus or parent pickup. The remainder of the children (30-40) will be picked up over a 3-hour time frame.
Steps to minimize traffic impact:
?· Passages will seek to develop a carpool system so that multiple children will arrive at and depart from the school with only one driver/parent. If we can establish 10 car pools of three children each, short-term parking and traffic impact will be reduced considerably.
?· Passages will request that parents dropping off children park their cars on N/S streets if they have even numbered license plates and E/W streets with odd numbered plates whenever possible. This will ensure that there will be an even distribution of short-term parked cars.
?· Passages will be opening its doors at 7:30, giving parents one hour to unload their children.
?· We will forbid alley pick-up.
?· Passages will seek to utilize the parking lot of the Japanese American Service League at 4427 N. Clark for short-term parent parking.
?· A school crossing guard will be posted at Clark and Montrose. (Hours not yet determined)
?· Parents will not be allowed to double-park on any street.
?· A bus loading area will be designated in front of Passages, to be used exclusively by the bus.
?· Passages is leasing teacher parking at 4414 N. Clark, minimizing the parking impact on neighborhood streets.
?· Staff will be present outside the building in the morning to monitor parent compliance.
?· Passages will convene a community meeting not later than three weeks after the school starts to discuss any problems or concerns from the community regarding traffic congestion.
Passages Charter School seeks to be a good neighbor to its Uptown, Ravenswood, and Lakeview communities through all of its activities.
By Steve Bensinger
This information was provided by Ralph Hardy of Asian Human Services.
Please let me know of any questions, comments or concerns you may have.
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TRAFFICE IMPACT STUDY FOR PASSAGES CHARTER SCHOOL
June 21, 2001
Passages Charter School, an elementary school, located at 1447 W. Montrose anticipates an enrollment of 120 students in its first year of operation, with an increase to 180-200 students by 2006. The school will draw students from primarily the north side neighborhoods of Chicago, including Uptown, Edgewater, Rogers Park, and West Ridge.
A bus service will be provided for students living 1.5 to 6 miles from the school. The school hours of operation are 7:30 am to 6 pm, with academic instruction beginning at 8:30 and ending 3:00. Passages anticipates utilizing only one bus, which will unload approximately 40 students between 8 and 8:30 am. An anticipated 70-80 children will reach the school daily through parent automobile drop-off or CTA busses or by walking to school, accompanied by a parent or adult. An estimated 40% (48) of students will arrive between 7:30 and 8 am, with the rest arriving via the bus or by parent drop-off.
Passages will remain open until 6 p.m. We anticipate that approximately 60% of our students will leave between 12:30 (half-day PK) and 3:30, when the regular school day ends, via the bus or parent pickup. The remainder of the children (30-40) will be picked up over a 3-hour time frame.
Steps to minimize traffic impact:
?· Passages will seek to develop a carpool system so that multiple children will arrive at and depart from the school with only one driver/parent. If we can establish 10 car pools of three children each, short-term parking and traffic impact will be reduced considerably.
?· Passages will request that parents dropping off children park their cars on N/S streets if they have even numbered license plates and E/W streets with odd numbered plates whenever possible. This will ensure that there will be an even distribution of short-term parked cars.
?· Passages will be opening its doors at 7:30, giving parents one hour to unload their children.
?· We will forbid alley pick-up.
?· Passages will seek to utilize the parking lot of the Japanese American Service League at 4427 N. Clark for short-term parent parking.
?· A school crossing guard will be posted at Clark and Montrose. (Hours not yet determined)
?· Parents will not be allowed to double-park on any street.
?· A bus loading area will be designated in front of Passages, to be used exclusively by the bus.
?· Passages is leasing teacher parking at 4414 N. Clark, minimizing the parking impact on neighborhood streets.
?· Staff will be present outside the building in the morning to monitor parent compliance.
?· Passages will convene a community meeting not later than three weeks after the school starts to discuss any problems or concerns from the community regarding traffic congestion.
Passages Charter School seeks to be a good neighbor to its Uptown, Ravenswood, and Lakeview communities through all of its activities.
By Steve Bensinger