Ideating

Parking Plans

• Unidirectional rows of angled parking with pull through lane
• Rows closer to gate have shorter free parking time limits (1min), rows further from gate have longer free parking time limits (30mins), exceeding time limits results in high parking fees
• forbid curb side parking on main road to school, reserved for bike lanes, help faster flowing traffic
• Parallel lanes with overpass for student access
• multi-storied pickup lanes
• grade based parking groupings
• separate pickup locations

Roads & Roundabouts

• One-way only, less intersecting traffic
• Direct all cars to a main street
• No left turn, make a U-turn on the main street later instead
• Traffic lights to protect left turns
• Trees and walls to prevent pick-ups at undesired locations

• road slopes down toward the main road for drainage when it rains
• the main place to get picked up should at least be 100 ft, so it can accommodates 4 cars at a time
• speed bumps to make sure no cars are going too fast, caution drivers of pedestrians
• road divided into two lanes, so cars can get to the curb and can pull out onto the second road to leave
• curb should be painted red on lanes where cars are to be able to pass onto

Alternative Transport Options

• bike lanes
• School bus to town centers / transit centers (e.g. CalTrain)
• Shared bicycles for temporary rent
• In-school motivation: token to mark public transportation use & rewards to class / grade
• subway underneath the school

For Students

• seating that is sloped for students to see their parents car more easily like stone bleachers
• canopies to provide shade but not block the road
• Lean-only “seats”, uncomfortable to sit for long, encourage minimizing waiting time
• car parked identification system to notify students
• pre-staged kid locations