Look At The Required Engineering Study On File

by William V. Thayer and a College Algebra Class

copyright © 1997 Wm. V. Thayer, All Rights Reserved

But we can extend the engineering study for our understanding of a school zone in more detail. These pictures are taken from Keysor Elementary School, 725 N. Geyer Road.





The Highway Capacity Manual, Special Report 209

has a chapter on pedestrian use of walksways. Is this level of service A, B, ...., F?



Students Can Check Speed Of Vehicles

if they know the distance between telephone poles or other landmarks.



A Video Tape Played Back At 30 Frames Per Second

will help you determine the traffic speed. Flow rates such as number of vehicles per minute, pedestrians per minute or number of bikers per minute can be determined from video taped school opening and closing times. It is nice to know the peak flow rates to determine safety conditions.

Reference Material:
1. Highway Capacity Manual, Special Report 209, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council
2. MUTCD, Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Federal Highway Administration

For more information please contact: William V. Thayer, Mathematics Department, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, 11333 Big Bend Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63122-5799, Telephone 314 984 7866 office
Email: thayer@stl-online.net
Home Page URL:http://www.stl-online.net/thayer

Copyright © 1997 William V. Thayer, All Rights Reserved