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The Traffic Group 6583 E. Intersection Road Philadelphia, PA 19148 215-555-9898 E-mail: customerservice@trafficgroup.com

April 19, 2011

MR Mark A. Barteau Senior Vice Provost for Research and Strategic Initiatives 209 Hullihen Hall University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716

Dear Dr. Barteau,

Enclosed is the proposal we promised to deliver regarding traffic congestion problems located at the crosswalk, that connects the Green to South Campus, on Delaware Avenue.

Thank you for considering The Traffic Group for developing a solution for University of Delaware's increasingly problematic congestion problem. In our proposal you will find our objective, our procedure to solve the problem, and a time line from which we will adhere to in a cost effective manner.

We look forward to adding The University of Delaware to our repertoire of successful traffic congestion projects. I will personally contact you in a weeks time to address any questions that you may have. If there is anything else that we can do for you, in the meantime, please call 215-555-9898 ext. 843.

We look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,

David J. Hunt The Traffic Group

=**The Traffic Group﻿ **= 6583 E. Intersection Road Philadelphia, PA 19148 =Solutions to Pedestrian Traffic= UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

David Graham, David Hunt, Will Kelly

=Proposal =

__//Introduction//__:
The Traffic Group proposes to study and find solutions to one of the University of Delaware's most congested pedestrian issues, the crosswalk at central campus and East Delaware Avenue to ensure safe and smooth flow of both vehicular and pedestrian movement.

__//Statement of Problem//__:
As the University grows along with city traffic, bottlenecks occur causing both a safety hazard to students on foot and slowdowns in regular road traffic. This congestion is exacerbated near the noon hour when classes and dining activities are at their peak. The University has responded by posting an officer at the crosswalk during these peak times but recognizes this is not a sustainable solution.

YOU SEEM TO CONFLATE CLASS CHANGES AND DINING ACTIVITIES. BUT AREN'T THEY AT SEPARATE TIMES? BY DINING ACTIVITIES DO YOU MEAN JUST AT NOON (LUNCH). IS THERE A SIMILAR PROBLEM AROUND 5:00 FOR EVENING RUSH HOUR?

__//Objective of the Report//__:
Our team will need to first gauge the problem so we can ensure our proposed solutions meet your needs. We will need to measure peak traffic and pedestrian patterns and establish a peak time when this occurs. Then we will need to understand the e xisting traffic light timing that is currently programmed at this time. We will need to distinguish local from thru vehicular traffic and the overall tributaries that feed into East Delaware Avenue. We plan on drawing from the thoughts of stakeholders, such as city officials, students, and the University's Public Safety Department. We will than provide the University with a series of options including detailed scopes of work and preliminary cost estimates. The report will not provide any detailed design but instead form the framework for further development.

THE POINT ABOUT LIGHT TIMING IS A GOOD ONE, BUT I DON'T SEE YOU DESCRIBE IT IN YOUR PROCEDURE BELOW. THE OTHER THINGS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED ARE MISSPELLINGS OR IMPRECISE WORDING. OTHERWISE THIS SECTION IS GOOD.

__//Procedure//__:

 * 1) We will field survey pedestrian and vehicular traffic pattern at the crosswalk at each typical class dismissal period from 10:00am through 2:00pm. We will draw on class schedule and size in buildings near the crosswalk. The time period selected will ensure we capture other student groups that are walking to dining halls. We will also make any attempt to count both local and thru traffic.

EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT CLASS SCHEDULE AND BUILDINGS AND HOW YOU WILL GET THIS INFO. HOW WILL YOU DISTINGUISH LOCAL FROM THROUGH TRAFFIC? WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU "WILL ALSO MAKE ANY ATTEMPT"?


 * 1) We will issue and compile student responses using a survey.

SPECIFICS. HOW MANY? HOW WILL YOU SELECT RESPONDENTS? HOW WILL YOU ISSUE IT?
 * 1) We will interview and collect finings from the University's Public Safety Department.
 * 2) We will contact the City of Newark's public works department for input including collecting any previous studies.

BASED ON WHAT YOU LEARN HERE, WILL YOU NEED TO DO FURTHER RESEARCH BEFORE YOU COMPILE YOUR REPORT? IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU LEARN FROM YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND SURVEYS THAT X OR Y MIGHT BE GOOD SOLUTIONS, WILL YOU RESEARCH THE FEASIBILITY;Y OF THESE THINGS AND THEIR COSTS?
 * 1) We will compile our findings and recommendations to you:
 * In a written report (3 hardcopies and 1 PDF files on disc)
 * We will also present our report to your staff in person

__//Record of Service//__**:**
The Traffic Group has been successful working with 47 Universities on traffic logistics for the past ten years. Most of our solutions have been low cost an have been implemented by 80% of our clients. We have a proven track record and consider ourselves experts in this sector. All of our staff is highly experienced in transportation, most of which have engineering degrees and a medium experience of 10 years working in the field. A list of clients and our staff's credentials are available upon request.

__//Cost of Servic//__e:
We offer our services as a lump sum of $25,000 due on receipt of our report

CAN YOU BREAK THIS DOWN A BIT? IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR DOING WHAT YOU SAY YOU'LL DO.

__//Schedule//__:
Week of April 25, 2011 Week of May 2, 2011 Week of May 9, 2011 Week of May 16, 2011
 * Field Survey completed
 * Student survey issued
 * Compile and summarize student survey
 * Meet and summarize findings with Public Safety
 * Meet and summarize findings with the City of Newark
 * Develop candidate solutions
 * Review candidates (before development) with City of Newark and Public Safety
 * Presentation of Final Report to University Staff on May 17

Table of Contents (//dag 50211//) ** 1. ** ** Executive Summary ** ……(DJH)……………………………….……….…… // (Abstract summarizing condition of the problem, analysis used and recommended solutions) // Between the dates of April 24th and May 6th, The Traffic Group analyzed the traffic congestion problem that is occurring at the crosswalk that conjoins the Green on Delaware Avenue. During the peak class change times thousands of students pass around this crosswalk. Although the class change is only a fifteen minute period, getting thousands of students to class safely around traffic could be extremely problematic. The severity of the problem is quite large. During class changes, traffic is at a stand still, drivers become increasingly agressive, and the probability of an accident exponentially rises. The Traffic Group has conducted an online student survey, observed traffic patterns and flow, and looked into student schedules around the crosswalk. After careful analyzation, we have come to a unanimous conclusion. University of Delawares current

DON'T WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THIS IS INCOMPLETE. YOUR EX SUMM NEEDS TO TELL WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION ULTIMATELY IS.

** 2. ** ** Introduction ** ……………(DJH)……………………………….……….…...   ** 3. ** ** Procedure ** …………………………………………………………….…….………. // (Facebook Survey Construction and Distribution ( WBK ) // // Traffic/Pedestrian Traffic Patterns ,Traffic Light Timing ( DAG ) //  ** 4. ** ** Analysis ** ………………………………………………………………………….….    **// ( //**// Evaluation of Survey Data ( WBK )/(DJH), Traffic/Pedestrian Patterns, Class Schedules and Traffic Flow ( DAG ) and Development of Solutions ( DAG **)** // ** Table X ** : Summary of Survey //( WBK )// ** Table Y﻿ ** : Pedestrian/Traffic Patterns(DJH) ** Table Z ** : Class Schedules On the Green //( WBK )// ** Figure 1: ** Traffic Flow Diagram, Signals and Signage ( DAG ) ** Figure 2. ** Solution Matrix ( DAG ) ** 5. ** ** Recommendations ** ………( Later )……………………………..………...   ** 6. ** ** Conclusion ** .........( Later )..........................................................… ** 7. ** ** Work Cited ** ……( Later )……………………………………….…………..…….. ** Appendix A: Survey ** ** Appendix B: Delaware Law ** ** Appendix C : Letters Of Inquiry **

= Facebook Survey Construction and Distribution =

We constructed a survey to poll University students anonymously on their thoughts about the crosswalk. This survey consisted of 5 different questions (See Appendix A) that would best help The Traffic Group get the University students opinions. These questions varied from the number of times students use the crosswalk daily to proposed solutions such as an overpass. The survey was uploaded onto SurveyMonkey.com, which allowed for easier distribution and result tabulation. We decided the best way to distribute this survey was via Facebook.com. An event was created that was distributed to University of Delaware students. The survey was left open for four days to allow as many people as possible to partake in it.

=** Summary of Survey Results ** =

Over the four days that our survey was open, we were able to get 42 people to take the survey. The survey helped confirm the need for a solution to this giant problem. The survey showed us that people tend to use the crosswalk 2-3 times a day. As we know, the problem was supposed to be helped by combining the 2 original crosswalks over the 2010 summer.

YOU ARE SLIPPING INTO ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS HERE IN THAT YOU ARE INTERPRETING THEM. IN THE PROCEDURE SECTION GIVE A DETAILED STEP-BY-STEP ACCOUNT OF WHAT YOU DID. HOW DID YOU DISTRIBUTE THE SURVEY? HOW RELEVANT IS THE SAMPLE SIZE? WHAT OTHER RESEARCH DID YOU DO?

Our survey takers agreed that this helped the situation but it is still a major problem when going to class. About 47% of the survey takers said that they were late to class or other obligation due to the congestion at this intersection. The survey also proved that the intersection is a safety hazard and an accident waiting to happen. 50% of the respondents claimed to be nearly hit by the oncoming traffic. Of the respondents who claimed to have been almost hit, majority of them claimed that automobile traffic did not stop to let pedestrians cross. Several other people also mentioned that the cars did not see the pedestrians, especially the cars travelling in the lane furthest away from the cross-ee. Finally, we proposed to the survey takers if a crosswalk would alleviate the problem. Over 75% said that this would help.

=** Class Schedules on the Green ** =

According to the University's Registrar's Office, the peak class schedule times are between 10:10am and 2:15pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. On Tuesday and Thursdays, these peak class times fall between 9:30am and 3:15pm.


 * = **M/W/F Classes** ||=  ||||= **T/Th Classes** ||
 * = Class Time ||= Registrants ||=  ||= Class Time ||= Registrants ||
 * = 10:10 - 11:00 ||= 5,956 ||=  ||= 9:30 - 10:45 ||= 7,143 ||
 * = 11:15 - 12:05 ||= 5,788 ||=  ||= 11:00 - 12:15 ||= 7,215 ||
 * = 12:20 - 1:10 ||= 5,149 ||=  ||= 12:30 - 1:45 ||= 6,543 ||
 * = 1:25 - 2:15 ||= 4,552 ||=  ||= 2:00 - 3:15 ||= 6,201 ||
 * = Total # of seats filled during Peak Hours ||= 21,445 ||=  ||= Total # of seats filled during Peak Hours ||


 * = 27,102 ||

As seen in the chart above, there are over 5,000 people who need to get to class at each class time. That is a large number of people who need to get to class and potentially cross the Delaware Avenue crosswalk. On Tuesday and Thursdays, these numbers are even bigger since the classes are bigger. It is almost impossible to continue safely crossing thousands of students across this busy intersection.

THE POTENTIAL FALLACY HERE IS THAT YOU IMPLY ALL THESE THOUSANDS ARE CROSSING THIS ONE INTERSECTION. OBVIOUSLY LOTS OF STUDENTS CHANGE CLASSES W/O CROSSING THAT INTERSECTION DURING THOSE TIMES. DID YOU DO AN ACTUAL OBSERVATION OF THE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC? ALSO, YOU ARE AGAIN MIXING ANALYSIS W/ PROCEDURE


 * Field Survey Results** (Dave Hunt)

View of intersection. DJH has the file

OK, SO YOU DID DO A FIELD STUDY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS IS VERY UNCLEAR? YOU NEED TO LAY OUT STEP BY STEP WHAT YOU DID. THEN YOU CAN ANALYZE THE RESULTS AND INTERPRET THEM AND EXPLAIN HOW THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT. YOUR GRAPHS AND CHARTS WILL HELP TO UNDERSCORE KEY THINGS AND WILL HELP SHOW YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE DATA.

A field study was conducted at the intersection that suffers most from the student crosswalk on May 6th between the hours of 9:45 am and 1:30 pm. This intersection, depicted above in Figure BLANK, is located roughly thirty yards from the student crosswalk.The study was conducted between the times that University class end and begin. From the registar office, these times are when most students are traveling to and from class. Intersection one is by far the busiest of the three and the biggest contributor to traffic in that area. count/average ||= 45 secs ||= 77 / 7.7 ||= 60 / 6 ||= 64 / 6.4 ||= 56 / 5.6 || count/average ||= 15 secs ||= 23 / 2.3 ||= 18 / 1.8 ||= 21 / 2.1 ||= 23 / 2.3 || count/average ||= 25 secs ||= 37 / 3.7 ||= 31 / 3.1 ||= 22 / 2.2 ||= 19 / 1.9 || From this study of the traffic heading towards the student crosswalk we can conclude the following things. As the day goes on less and less traffic is being allowed through. The main reason for this is the crosswalk on Delaware. Because cars must stop when a student is in the crosswalk, it forces traffic to back up to this intersection. For example, during the 11:01 am - 11:13 am class change, traffic was bumper to bumper from the crosswalk to the intersection allowing only a few cars to join the wait for the students. Because of this backup, drivers became increasingly more agressive. I witnessed drivers running red lights and being caught at a stand still in the intersection because they do not want to wait for another cycle. Some drivers forced students to wait for them and when others finally broke free of the student and vehicle traffic they sped off impatiently. The University recognizes that this crosswalk is extremely problematic and almost dangerous. Because of this, during the class change between 12:05 - 12:20, a University police officer was posted at the crosswalk directing traffic.
 * ~ Intersection ||~ Timing ||~ 9:55-10:10 ||~ 11:00-11:15 ||~ 12:05-12:20 ||~ 1:10-1:25 ||
 * = #1
 * = #2
 * = #3
 * = Total ||= 85 secs ||= 137 ||= 109 ||= 107 ||= 98 ||

During the times when students are in class, traffic flows extremely well and has no need for a police officer. The crosswalk does not have more then two cars stopped at a time and the aggressiveness of drivers is unnoticeable. Drivers are more willing to stop and wait for the next green light when there is a guarantee they will be able to get through.

Weekday Peak Hours Volumes (10:55 – 11:05) – AM (11:55 – 12:05) –PM (12:55-1:05) - PM

OK. SO WHAT IS EVERYTHING ABOVE? IT IS NOT CLEAR WHERE YOUR REPORT BEGINS. YOU SEEM TO BE STARTING OVER HERE.

WHILE WHAT IS BELOW IS STILL A LITTLE UNDERDEVELOPED, IT DOES A BETTER JOB THAN WHAT IS ABOVE IN TERMS OF GIVING A STEP-BY-STEP ACCOUNT OF WHAT YOU DID IN THE PROCEDURE SECTION. THAT'S GOOD. YOU ALSO REPEAT SOME OF WHAT YOU HAVE ABOVE.

** 1. ****Executive Summary ** ……( Later )……………………………….……….……DAG Writing 5/5/11

**2. ****Introduction **

The Traffic Group received a request to evaluate pedestrian and vehicular traffic at the crosswalk on East Delaware Avenue (SR-273 E/ SR-2 E) at the center campus green. The concern is the bottleneck for both students and local traffic when classes dismiss on the hour from a peak time of 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Monday through Friday. The congestion causes traffic back-up, delays for students and safety hazard for both. The crosswalk lacks any control signal and requires and university officer to man the intersection to attend and manage flow.

The University has addressed the issue by merging the previous two crosswalks into one in the fall of 2010. When this project was planned the Delaware Division of Transportation consulted with the University on various options including the idea of consolidating the crosswalks. To avoid jay walking, the paving design created a confined path to properly funnel pedestrians to the proposed crossing location. While engineered controls were also offered, they were not pursed at the time due to a limited budget. This study will investigate the conditions and perceptions of the crosswalk since the merger and provide the University with an action plan going forward. ** 3. **** Procedure ** **Facebook Survey Construction and Distribution **

To help us understand how pedestrians perceive the issues, we constructed a survey to poll University students anonymously on their thoughts about the crosswalk. This survey consisted of 5 different questions (See Appendix A) that would best help The Traffic Group get the University students opinions. These questions varied from the number of times students use the crosswalk daily to proposed solutions such as an overpass. The survey was uploaded onto SurveyMonkey.com, which allowed for easier distribution and result tabulation. We decided the best way to distribute this survey was via Facebook.com. An event was created that was distributed to University of Delaware students. The survey was left open for four days to allow as many people as possible to partake in it.

**Field Survey ** To help quantify the existing conditions the nearest intersection, South College and East Delaware, controlled by traffic lights, was observed and vehicles were counted included all through flow and turning movements. At the same time we observed and counted pedestrian crossings. We look at a sample size of three (3) events on Monday Wednesday and Friday and three (3) events on Tuesday and Thursday. Each pedestrian crossing event is defined as a class dismissal period, i.e., 10:50 – 11:15 am, 11:50 – 12:15 pm, 12:50 – 1:15 pm. Traffic light timing was as recorded during these events.

**<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.5pt;">Class Schedules **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 4.8pt 0pt 0.5in;">We contacted the University Registrar office and compile a list of classes and seats for classrooms that are dismissed during our event period that may use the crosswalk.

**<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">4. ****<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Analysis ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Traffic Patterns ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">The University is positioned in a “town and gown” arrangement. Without having prescribed boundaries, it flows into and out of Newark’s main street and many residential neighborhoods. Therefore, city and even state roads run through it. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">The Green crossing at East Delaware is such the case. East Delaware is actually a one way road for state roads 273 E and 2 East. East Delaware and the crosswalk can also be fed by state road 896 N (Elkton Road) and 896 S. All these roads are label “business” and can serve both local and through traffic. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">East Delaware traffic light timing for those eastbound at the South College intersection remains constant through these event periods at 40 seconds from green to yellow and 42 seconds from red to green


 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; padding: 4.35pt 7.95pt;">Map of Interchange ||

** Summary of Survey Results **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Over the four days that our survey was open, we were able to get 42 people to take the survey. The survey helped confirm the need for a solution to this giant problem. The survey showed us that people tend to use the crosswalk 2-3 times a day. As we know, the problem was supposed to be helped by combining the 2 original crosswalks over the 2010 summer. Our survey takers agreed that this helped the situation but it is still a major problem when going to class. About 47% of the survey takers said that they were late to class or other obligation due to the congestion at this intersection. The survey also proved that the intersection is a safety hazard and an accident waiting to happen. 50% of the respondents claimed to be nearly hit by the oncoming traffic. Of the respondents who claimed to have been almost hit, majority of them claimed that automobile traffic did not stop to let pedestrians cross. Several other people also mentioned that the cars did not see the pedestrians, especially the cars travelling in the lane furthest away from the cross-ee. Finally, we proposed to the survey takers if a crosswalk would alleviate the problem. Over 75% said that this would help.

** Class Schedules on the Green **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in;">According to the University's Registrar's Office, the peak class schedule times are between 10:10am and 2:15pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. On Tuesday and Thursdays, these peak class times fall between 9:30am and 3:15pm.
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">M/W/F Classes ** ||  |||| <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">T/Th Classes ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Class Time || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Registrants ||  || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Class Time || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Registrants ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">10:10 - 11:00 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">5,956 ||  || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">9:30 - 10:45 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">7,143 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">11:15 - 12:05 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">5,788 ||  || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">11:00 - 12:15 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">7,215 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">12:20 - 1:10 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">5,149 ||  || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">12:30 - 1:45 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">6,543 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">1:25 - 2:15 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">4,552 ||  || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">2:00 - 3:15 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">6,201 ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Total # of seats filled during Peak Hours || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">21,445 ||  || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Total # of seats filled during Peak Hours ||   ||

<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">Traffic Count Summary : <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">A vehicle and pedestrian count was performed during the vent periods and a summary of the peak volume is illustrated below:

E. Delaware Ave
 * Nnn ||

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South College

Date and Time : XXXXXXX

I S THIS YOUR SOLUTION SECTION? HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS SECTION? YOU CAN COMBINE THESE INTO -- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE.

<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'evelopment of Solutions','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Development of Solutions <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> : <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">Pedestrian Bridge or Tunnel <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">Bridge would be built similar to the bridge located on South College. It would require at least 14 ft – 6 in road clearance, not necessarily covered and have two stair buttresses with a landing on each. In keeping with the Universities historic architecture, the bridge would be concrete masonry construction, brick faced with ornate finishes. We estimate such a structure would be upwards of a $1,000,000 dollar investment. However, we are reluctant developing such an approach any further and have concerns such an elevated structure would actually be fully utilized. Our research shows pedestrians behavior seek “the path of least resistance”, a more direct route. Since the terrain is flat and entering and exiting the structure requires navigating 24 stairs up and 24 stairs down, we feel students will be more prone to cross at grade. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">A tunnel, on the other hand, solves the incontinence problem but the extensive build-out of the approaches will significantly impact the function of “the Green”. Complying with the Americans Disability Act for sidewalk slope creates an approach over 400 ft. To put such an effort in context, a recent university project at Monmouth University built a 14 ft wide x 10 ft tall x 72 ft long tunnel under a major thoroughfare at a cost of $4.7 million dollars. [www.walkinginfo.org/library/details]

DID YOU DO RESEARCH INTO THIS SOLUTION? YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR IN YOUR PROCEDURE SECTION. YOU NEED TO SITE THE SOURCE OF THE INFO BOTH HERE AND IN YOUR WORKS CITED. DO NOT CITE BY URL, BUT SITE BY AUTHOR'S NAME OR, IF THERE IS NO AUTHOR, WEB SITE'S TITLE.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">Reschedule Class <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">Using the university course search engine, illustrates most weekday course during the event period dismisses at 10 minutes of the hour. We think the registrar could rethink class scheduling in blocks within the hour to even out the pedestrian traffic level. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">(Continue) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">Reroute Traffic <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">We believe as the University grows toward its strategic plan, Path to Promminince, the crossing as well as others will only get worse. Future building plans are to grow from within, concentrating on the center of campus access to be by foot or bicycle. Along with that the on-campus parking infrastructure has been reducing and commuting by Shuttle Bus from remote parking lots is being promoted, pedestrian traffic will only increase.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To meet this need we believe a long range plan is necessary for through vechiclur traffic. We see the building of a business loop around the entire University. using Cleveland Avenue to the north, Elkton Road to the west, SR-2 to the South and SR-72 to the east. Main street and East Delaware would be reserved for local traffic only. This will require major changes including the conversion of Cleveland Avenue from local to state control and a major medication to the Cleveland Avenue/New London/SR-896 interchange.
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AGAIN, WHERE IS THE THE RESEARCH TO SUPPORT ALL OF THIS AND TO LAY OUT THE FEASIBILITY OF IT GIVEN THE COSTS?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;">No longer would N896 need to jog from West Main to Hillside Road but be a direct path north and south. Now low end rental housing would be secured and demolished to make room for a new two way thoroughfare.


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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; tab-stops: 5.0in; tabstops: 5.0in;">This obviously needs to be developed much further. Going forward the state needs to be petitioned by both the University partnered with the City of Newark to formalize a study with costs. Then these costs require state budgeting and appropriation process, all of which will require a long and significant level of effort by the University to advocate. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; tab-stops: 5.0in; tabstops: 5.0in;">Pedestrian Signal **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">H **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">igh-intensity **a**ctivated cross**w**al**k** signal called a HAWK Beacon, is a pedestrian signal that has been demonstrated successfully in several cities including at the University. Just in 2009 a HAWK was installed at the SR-72 and farm crossing at a cost of $100,000 with the University providing xx % of the funding. We believe a Hawk at the Green crosswalk could be programmed to synchronize with the South College traffic lights and automatically allow crossing when those lights are at red. If you consider just a 30 second crossing cycle, a group of 24 pedestrians, walking at 1.83 fps and a 15 minute event period. This can create 21 crossings or moves 514 people well within peak occupancy of the crosswalk. Once the peak period is over, the Hawk is released from automatic to manually, activated by the next pedestrian group.


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**<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">5. Recommendations..............dags writing 5/6/11** ** We recommend that the University take a phased approach to solve the crossover congestion. First, working with the Registrar’s Office, buildings that house undergraduate classrooms on the north Green, i.e. Sharp Lab, Wolf Hall, DuPont Hall, Evan Hall, Brown Lab, Memorial Hall, Gore Hall, with class dismissals from 10:00 am till 2:00 pm need to be staggered by least 20 minutes. We recognize this may not be as simple as it sounds but will require careful consideration to not eliminate a student’s availability to take courses back to back on a given day as required by their major. We feel this will level the pedestrian traffic, easing the crowding and back-ups to one half of what we have observed during study. ** ** The next phase would include a request to DELDOT to develop a HAWK Beacon pedestrian signal system. We understand that we the SR-72 and Farm project was executed using the School Of Agriculture with DELDOT oversight. We would recommend the same approach providing students with a “real world” enriched learning experience at no cost to the University. Most likely costs would be shared and we would expect the University to plan on 50 % share or $36,000. **

Finally, a long range plan needs to be developed for building a business loop around the University. A coalition needs to be built to include the University, City of Newark and Newark’s Chamber of Competence to petition DELDOT to help support development. A road development consultant would need to solicited to draw up a proposal to present to the General Assembly. As with other University and state joint ventures, cost sharing is usually determined at a high level, DelDOT’s Secretary working with UD administrators. From this point, stakeholders would continue to advocate to the state for budget inclusion and funding appropriation.

**<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">6. Conclusion ** .........( Later )..........................................................… **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">7. Work Cited ** ……( Later )……………………………………….…………..…….. **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Appendix A: Survey ** **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Appendix B: Delaware Law ** **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Appendix C : Letters Of Inquiry **