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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ATS to Barcroft. Barcroft loses almost as many kids to choice school transfers as it has in the neighborhood. Alcova to Fleet. Divide Bacroft between Randolph and Barrett. Recapture the choice kids you are losing to those schools anyway!  Also, encourages S Arl students (and disadvantaged families) to take advantage of ATS.[/quote]

APS wants more walkers, not less. I went to the meeting last night. Columbia Pike ant Rt 50 are not crossable roads for elem kids. You'd have to bus them. You might get that to work if all of Alcova walks to Fleet.[/quote]

Columbia Pike is not crossable, but Glebe is?  That’s odd.
Columbia Pike has a lot of pedestrians all day, but Glebe doesn’t really. 
Also[b] 50 is crossable over pedestrian bridges without ever exposing yourself to any traffic. 
How does APS not know this?[/b]
Is it the same reason that some planning units are actually cemeteries?! [/quote]

There's only one pedestrian bridge currently. I think the Pu's close to that are considered walkable, but they are walkable to two schools (Long Branch AND Fleet, so it's likely they will stay at along Branch). Are there plans for more pedestrian bridges? These would be awesome for everyone, not just school kids. Who's paying?

Also, there are a lot of pedestrians who cross Glebe near the Salvation Army just S of 50. There's already a crosswalk. I have to assume that is the intersection they had in mind when deciding that those two Alcova PU's could be walkable to Fleet. Because its crossable and way more proximate than the Henry PU's S of Columbia Pike, who'd have to cross Columbia Pike and then walk another 8 blocks up Glebe.

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