October 21, 2003

Current Traffic Concerns

1. Alternate drop-off and pick-up before and after-school on Siringo and Yucca by frustrated parents, which results in unsafe crossing of these streets by students.
2. On school grounds, drop-offs and pick-ups where students must cross moving cars to get to school buildings.
3. Insufficient stacking room to accommodate cars dropping-off and especially picking up students resulting in backups on Yucca and Siringo.
4. Inefficient use of available space for drop-off and pick-ups without traffic supervision.
5. Potential for accidents making left turns from Vo-Tech onto Siringo and from south campus onto Zia.
6. Traffic congestion during drop-off and pick-up would prevent access to the fire lane in case of emergency.
7. Buses using the same access routes as cars cause additional traffic congestion on Yucca for students and parents.
8. Lack of multiple drop-off and pick-up locations consolidates all traffic to one ingress and egress. Multiple locations previously dispersed these activities.
9. Proposed road connecting to the traffic light at Siringo and Llano would be available to only teachers and parents and be of no benefit to less experienced student drivers.
10. Proposed road connecting to Siringo and Llano or other long-term permanent solutions will not address short-term and mid-term needs.
11. Proposed road connecting to Siringo and Llano should be designed and graded to be compatible with student and vehicular safety, especially during inclement weather.