Publication Details

A study of guidelines and criteria for establishing school walk zones

Type: Paper

Author(s): NC State Institute for Transportation Research and Education, ; UNC Highway Safety Research Center,

Publisher: NC Department of Transportation

Publication Date: Nov-2001

Address: Raleigh, NC

Abstract: The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation requested technical assistance for the possible development of school walk zone policies to include the following acivities: 1. The description of the existing policies of North Carolina public schools for walk zones and the school commute through surveys of all North Carolina Local Education Agencies (LEA's), analysis of North Carolina pedestrian / motor vehicle crash data, and focus group meetings with parents and school officials that have local transportation policy and operations responsibilites; 2. The review of school walk zone guidelines, policies, and practices developed by other states and municipalities, and;  3. The definition of focus areas and devleopment of specific recommendations.