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requirement to accommodate this arrival rate is 66 feet (allowing 22 feet
per vehicle). This length can be accommodated in the curb side area that
is entirely west of the exit route to the north. Therefore, a simple left
turn can be made from the drop-off area to exit the site.
As a sensitivity consideration, if half (23) of the drop-off vehicles
arrive in the five minutes prior to the start of school, this results in
4.6 vehicles (use 5) arriving every minute that must be accommodated.
Under this condition, the curb side storage requirement to accommodate five
vehicles at one time is 110 feet. This would move the front of the curb
side drop-off area to the east of the exit route to the north. Under this
condition, at least two vehicles would be required to make a U-turn in
order to return to the exit route to the north. These U-turns can be
executed in the east parking area without a backing maneuver. This has
been verified using turn templates for a full size passenger vehicle.
It is concluded that a safe, efficient circulation system can be
accommodated on -site. This circulation system will provide for all drop-
offs/pick-ups to occur on the north side of the building at the main
entrance to the Waldorf School.
Hemlock Street
City staff has indicated that if the drop-off/pick-up area on the
north side of the Waldorf School could not accommodate the expected volume,
then some of these functions would need to occur from Hemlock Street to the
south. As demonstrated earlier in this memorandum, all site circulation
and drop-offs/pick-ups can be adequately accommodated via the parking lot
to the north of the Waldorf School. There will also not be "public use"
doors on the south side of the building. Hemlock Street will not be used
by school staff or parents.
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Dave Shulman, Waldorf School
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Bob Howe, Group Real Estate
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Troy Jones, Fort Collins Planning
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DATE: July 12, 2001
SUBJECT: Waldorf School Transportation Impact Study - Response to
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This memorandum provides a response to two staff comments not
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previously addressed in the "Waldorf School Transportation Impact
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Study," June 2001. The staff comments referred to:
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- On -site circulation and drop-off/pick-up of students
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- Hemlock Street paving
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Overview
The Waldorf School is proposed in a future building located
west of North College Avenue and south of Hickory Street as indicated
in Figure 1. Public access to the Waldorf School is intended via an
existing driveway on the south side of Hickory Street, approximately
100 feet west of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. Figure 2 shows
the site plan of the subject property. The building that will
contain the Waldorf School is along the south property line.
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Circulation and Drop-off/Pick-up
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The main entrance of the Waldorf School will be on the north
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side of the building. The building is 250 feet long (east/west
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direction). While the school building plan has not been completed,
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it is assumed that the main entrance would be centered on the
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building. Figure 3 shows a portion of the site with the probable
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main entrance noted. Also shown on Figure 3 is a site circulation
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route that will result in students being dropped -off on the passenger
side of the vehicle along the curb in front of the school. The
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morning peak hour trip generation (Table 2, in the cited TIS)
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indicates 66 inbound vehicles and 45 outbound vehicles. The exiting
45 vehicles were considered to be the drop-off trips. Research at
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other schools indicates that drop-offs generally occur in a fifteen
minute period prior to the start of school. It is expected that
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school would start at 8:30am. Research conducted by Gene Coppola,
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drop-off is 44 seconds. Assuming a constant arrival rate results in
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3 vehicles arriving every minute. Therefore, the curb side storage
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