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7.A. - Page 195 <br /> Traffic Analysis Review of Proposed Rocketship Charter School, Redwood City, CA <br /> trucks immediately adjacent to these narrow driveways,creating a blind spot where a driver must <br /> nose past the sidewalk without a full vision of the sidewalk. In other words, these sidewalks and <br /> the current parking condition is not a situation conducive to safe routes to school. <br /> The nationally recognized Safe Routes to School programs are being <br /> t ' implemented throughout the USA to help improve unsafe situations for <br /> existing schools. It seems apparent that this proposed site is one that is <br /> - in a location fraught with safe route to school problems. The Hexagon <br /> study did not address this very important concern, on safety. <br /> Parking and Circulation, Traffic Queues <br /> PARKING ALREADY IN SHORT SUPPLY. PRISM Engineering's observations of parking along <br /> Charter Street in the am peak hour on the section of Charter Street between Bay Road and Spring <br /> Street (the proposed charter school site frontage) indicate that during the am peak hour the <br /> parking on both sides of the street is completely saturated/occupied by vehicles and trucks. I <br /> also observed double parking, indicating that parking is already in short supply. The photos below <br /> show this condition, and show how there are blind spots for the numerous industrial business <br /> driveways. A child could be walking along the sidewalk, and because of a large truck or car parked <br /> immediately adjacent to the driveway, they cannot be seen (too short) by drivers on Charter <br /> Street. It is not inconceivable that a child could be easily hit by an incoming turning car or truck <br /> who did not see a child just about ready to enter the driveway but obscured behind the parked <br /> vehicle. Children also might even be running on the sidewalk (typical) just before a truck or <br /> vehicle enters one of these several driveways from Charter Street. An accidental vehicle/ped <br /> collision could easily take place. See example photos of some of these existing blind spots below. <br /> MEMOE <br /> Driveway with Blind Spots on Charter St Driveway with Blind Spots on Charter St <br /> I also reviewed the proposed project site plan and have specific concerns with the parking <br /> situation on Charter Street and other surrounding streets, and the proposed entrance to the <br /> project. <br /> .� PRISM-1w Page 5 <br />