1. School Bus Stop Safety Program

2. Background Address Safety at School Bus Stops
City-School District-Sheriff’s Office Working Group
Develop Strategies to Improve Safety
Engineering, Education, Enforcement, and Encouragement (4E)

3. Strategies Engineering Bus Stop Pad and Signage
Reduce size of bus stops
Relocate stops
Education
Parents, Students, and Public (Motorist)
Public Service Announcements
(- Pedestrian-Cyclist Safety Week – Aug )

4. Strategies Enforcement Encouragement Special Events
Stopping for Buses during pick-up
Hazardous Parking
Encouragement
Special Events
Peer Events (Problem Solvers)

5. Bus Stops - Background 408 bus stops in Palm Coast (560 Countywide)
21% or 87 bus stops have 20 or more users
20% or 82 have 3 or less users

6. Number of Riders by Bus Stop Type
Long Creek Nature Preserve
College Waterway
Palm Coast Yacht Club

7. Number of Bus Stops by Grade

8. Implementation - Pilot Program - Bus Stop Pads Ranking Factors
Ridership (Volume)
Type of Road (Location)
Age Group (Grade Level of Students)
Bus Driver Input

9. Implementation - Bus Stop Pad – Pilot Program
Benefits
Provides students safe waiting area
Increased visibility at bus stop
Prohibit cars from obstructing view at bus stop
Dry area during or after rain

10. Implementation - Pilot Program - Bus Stop Pads Ranking Factors

11. Implementation - Bus Stop Pad – Pilot Program
Install Pad at three bus stops (high volume and permanency)
London Dr. and Lee Dr.
Rolling Sands Dr. and Rolling Fern Dr.
Farmsworth Dr. and Fairbank Ln.

12. Implementation - Bus Stop Pad – Pilot Program
Pad and signage only
9’X20’
Installed by Public Works

13. Implementation - Bus Stop Pad – Pilot Program

14. Implementation- Bus Stop Pad – Pilot Program

15. Next Steps
Field review by Public Works, Construction Management, and School District
Monitor feedback & use of pads
Criteria for Signage Program

16. Questions ?