§ 447.4. Criteria.

 (a)  A student walking route shall be considered hazardous if any one of the following three conditions exist:

   (1)  Two or more pedestrian-related accidents have occurred during the last 3 years while the pedestrians were walking along the student walking route during hours students are normally going to or from school.

   (2)  It is necessary for a student to cross a roadway; either daily or intermittently, at a location where vehicular traffic is not controlled by either traffic control signals or a stop sign, or where students are not protected by an adult crossing guard; provided vehicular traffic on roadway is in excess of the values given in the table below for any 15-minute period during which students are enroute to or from school:

TABLE I

Roadway Width (ft)*	For Elementary Students Number of Vehicles	For Secondary Students Number of Vehicles
20 or less	155	175
24	130	150
30	100	120
36	80	100
48	40	60

 * If the roadway is divided by a raised median which is at least 8 feet wide and has nonmountable curbs, the roadway should be considered as two separate roadways.

   (3) It is necessary for students to cross a railroad-highway grade crossing which has two or more tracks and the following three qualifications are met:

     (i)   Trains normally—not necessarily with regularity—use the crossing at the time the students cross the tracks going to or from school.

     (ii)   The crossing is not protected by a flashing light signal or a crossing guard.

     (iii)   The speed of the trains and the available sight distance are such that students walking at a speed of 3.5 feet per second cannot safely cross the tracks.

 (b)  A student walking route shall be considered hazardous if a sidewalk does not exist and either paragraph (1) or (2) applies:

   (1)  The shoulders are less than 4 feet wide and for either:

     (i)   Elementary students, the roadway surface is less than 20 feet wide and one or more trucks with three or more axles, not including garbage trucks or other types of trucks making house-to-house stops, normally use the roadway during the time the elementary students are enroute to or from school.

     (ii)   Streets and highways with an average traffic volume of at least ten vehicles per hour during the time students are walking, a 3.5-foot tall elementary school student or a 4.5-foot tall secondary student is not visible by approaching drivers from at least the following minimum distances:

TABLE II

Safe-running Speed	Minimum Distance (ft.)
30 or less	200
35	240
40	275
45	315
50	350
55	410

   (2)  The normal vehicular traffic volume during any 15-minute period that students are enroute to or from school exceeds the following values for the appropriate safe-running speed range:

     (i)   Safe-running speed is 35 mph or less:

Shoulder Width	For Elementary Students	Number of Vehicles For Secondary Students Only
less than 4 ft.	30	45
4 ft.—6 ft.	60	100

   (ii) Safe-running speed is over 35 mph:

Shoulder Width	For Elementary Students	Number of Vehicles For Secondary Students Only
less than 4 ft.	20	30
4 ft.—6 ft.	40	65

Source

   The provisions of this §  447.4 adopted August 1, 1980, effective August 2, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 3191; amended August 7, 1981, effective August 8, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 2777.

Cross References

   This section cited in 67 Pa. Code §  447.3 (relating to general policy).

APPENDIX A

Engineering District	County
Engineering District 1-0 255 Elm Street P. O. Box 398 Oil City, Pennsylvania 16301	Crawford Erie Forest Mercer Venango Warren
Engineering District 2-0 1924-30 Daisy Street P. O. Box 342 Clearfield, Pennsylvania 16830	Cameron Centre Clearfield Clinton Elk Juniata McKean Mifflin Potter
Engineering District 3-0 715 Jordan Avenue P. O. Box 218 Montoursville, Pennsylvania 17754	Bradford Columbia Lycoming Montour Northumberland Snyder Sullivan Tioga Union
Engineering District 4-0 55 Keystone Industrial Park Dunmore, Pennsylvania 18512	Lackawanna Luzerne Pike Susquehanna Wayne Wyoming
Engineering District 5-0 1002 Hamilton Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101	Berks Carbon Lehigh Monroe Northampton Schuylkill
Engineering District 6-0 7000 Geerdes Boulevard King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406	Bucks Chester Delaware Montgomery Philadelphia
Engineering District 8-0 2140 Herr Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17103-1699	Adams Cumberland Dauphin Franklin Lancaster Lebanon Perry York
Engineering District 9-0 1620 North Juniata Street Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania 16648	Bedford Blair Cambria Fulton Huntingdon Somerset
Engineering District 10-0 2550 Oakland Avenue P. O. Box 429 Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701-0429	Armstrong Butler Clarion Indiana Jefferson
Engineering District 11-0 45 Thoms Run Road Bridgeville, Pennsylvania 15017	Allegheny Beaver Lawrence
Engineering District 12-0 825 N. Gallatin Avenue Extension P. O. Box 459 Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401	Fayette Green Washington Westmoreland

Source

   The provisions of this Appendix A amended September 2, 2011, effective September 3, 2011, 41 Pa.B. 4772.

Cross References

   This Appendix A cited in 67 Pa. Code §  447.3 (relating to general policy).

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