cristinafurlong/Pre-Pitch Cris and Julia

## Pre-Pitch Cris and Julia
Students at Risk of Being injured or killed in Traffic Violence.
BC Tuesday
Authors: Cristina Furlong and Julia Haslanger
We will make connections between existing data on High Priority Safe Routes to Schools Programs, NYPD Collision Data and Safety Education Data to determine best practices for reducing the risks of children being injured or killed on their commutes to and from school.

How we will identify this group as a community: This community would reflect those who are immediately affected by traffic violence in  close proximity to a neighborhood school.The refined community are those beyond the children who can work to affect change to the policies and risks that cause children to be inured or killed in traffic violence.

1-Age Range: 3 to 14 years old as the main at-risk group
2-Children attending Pre-K through 8th Grade or Afterschool or Summer Programs in NYC.
3-Location: Queens, New York and Manhattan. (Note:early research is pointing towards doing a comparison of three schools on the DOT       HighPriority List in Manhattan with Three schools in Queens. Schools TBD. Doing this geographical comparison can give us insights into   into whether class, community action and language play a role in which groups see faster action from City Agencies.
4-Language of kids: This may be referenced if we go on to look at whether and how often criminal and/or civil charges are filed (TK)
5-Access to safety training. We hope to see a correlation between incidents of traffic violence at a school, and a response from the DOT
6-Transportation methods of kids
7-Transportation methods of commuters (TK)

   Points 6 and 7 may be useful to use as factors that play in to the dangers kids face. Pick up and Drop off is unregulated and          dangerous when parents and caregivers are driving to a school. MTA bus stops can be overcrowded and placed before traffic lights,        blocking the view for children trying to cross a street.
8-Further members of this community would include the parents, caregivers, teachers and school administrators, cops and First Responders  whom are all profoundly affected by incidents of traffic violence with children.

Data Points We are Interested in Working With

1-http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/vz_datafeeds.shtml
Various information on all aspects of Vision Zero restructuring at the DOT.

2-Number of pre-K-12 children in Queens (TK)
We will find this data, and consider these kids as part of our community.

3-Collision data (have - http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/excel/traffic_data/qnacc.xls )
We will compare the collision rate at our 6 schools and see what measures have been taken to prevent further...speed camera's, increased enforcement, street redesign, or other methods.

4-Schools that are at risk https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Transportation/Safe-Route-to-Schools-Priority-Schools/pc34-d3sx
This list of High Priority Schools will serve as the basis of our Data. We will look at the proposals for the schools as well as the timeline. Often studies take years to become projects and in the meanwhile children must be protected.

5-Schools that have safety training (have - http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/misc/outreach_schools.json )
Community Board meeting minutes for relevant neighborhoods

6-Map of NYC with different data points, such as Precinct, Community Board, Council District.
http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/
We will use this map to draw up quick resource guides for the affected communities to seek out additional resources or channels of assistance.

7-Speed cameras?
Speed camera data is an important data field to charting a reduction of risk near schools. Will have to access the right form of this data. TK

8-http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF

9-Resources (budgets) of the school (or districts) - galaxy budgets   http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/funding/schoolbudgets/FY15FairStudentFundingBudget.htm?schoolcode=Q089
We will look into accessing the School Budgets of our targeted schools and chart how much available funds there are for additional safety programs, or advocacy. These funds could come from Title 1 Allocation, Parent Involvement funds or other budget lines.

10-Department of Health: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/ip/ip-nyc-inj-child-fatality-report13.pdf
As an official Vision Zero partner, DOH has complied many reports and data that will show the severity of this issue. Motor vehicle collision is the number one cause of death for a certain age group among kids in NYC

11- Our own data. After narrowing down our three schools in Manhattan and our three schools in Queens, we propose creating and administering our own survey to parents and caregivers of school kids to see if what they relate as problems are being addressed, and also if those are the same problems identified through our DOT Safety, DOT Routes, and NYPD data.

12-Additional NYPD data may be used to see whether enforcement has increased at the selected schools over a time frame TBD.
Other Considerations-
Road design
Distribution of crossing guards
Lawsuits? Civil cases - vs - charges filed

Persons of Interest to this Research

Department of Transportation- Marjorie Marciano, Director of Vision Zero Education
Mary Beth Kelly of Familes for Safe Streets
Street users
Pedestrian users
	Students at Risk of Being injured or killed in Traffic Violence.
	BC Tuesday
	Authors: Cristina Furlong and Julia Haslanger
	We will make connections between existing data on High Priority Safe Routes to Schools Programs, NYPD Collision Data and Safety Education Data to determine best practices for reducing the risks of children being injured or killed on their commutes to and from school.

	How we will identify this group as a community: This community would reflect those who are immediately affected by traffic violence in close proximity to a neighborhood school.The refined community are those beyond the children who can work to affect change to the policies and risks that cause children to be inured or killed in traffic violence.

	1-Age Range: 3 to 14 years old as the main at-risk group
	2-Children attending Pre-K through 8th Grade or Afterschool or Summer Programs in NYC.
	3-Location: Queens, New York and Manhattan. (Note:early research is pointing towards doing a comparison of three schools on the DOT HighPriority List in Manhattan with Three schools in Queens. Schools TBD. Doing this geographical comparison can give us insights into into whether class, community action and language play a role in which groups see faster action from City Agencies.
	4-Language of kids: This may be referenced if we go on to look at whether and how often criminal and/or civil charges are filed (TK)
	5-Access to safety training. We hope to see a correlation between incidents of traffic violence at a school, and a response from the DOT
	6-Transportation methods of kids
	7-Transportation methods of commuters (TK)

	Points 6 and 7 may be useful to use as factors that play in to the dangers kids face. Pick up and Drop off is unregulated and dangerous when parents and caregivers are driving to a school. MTA bus stops can be overcrowded and placed before traffic lights, blocking the view for children trying to cross a street.
	8-Further members of this community would include the parents, caregivers, teachers and school administrators, cops and First Responders whom are all profoundly affected by incidents of traffic violence with children.

	Data Points We are Interested in Working With

	1-http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/vz_datafeeds.shtml
	Various information on all aspects of Vision Zero restructuring at the DOT.

	2-Number of pre-K-12 children in Queens (TK)
	We will find this data, and consider these kids as part of our community.

	3-Collision data (have - http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/excel/traffic_data/qnacc.xls )
	We will compare the collision rate at our 6 schools and see what measures have been taken to prevent further...speed camera's, increased enforcement, street redesign, or other methods.

	4-Schools that are at risk https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Transportation/Safe-Route-to-Schools-Priority-Schools/pc34-d3sx
	This list of High Priority Schools will serve as the basis of our Data. We will look at the proposals for the schools as well as the timeline. Often studies take years to become projects and in the meanwhile children must be protected.

	5-Schools that have safety training (have - http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/misc/outreach_schools.json )
	Community Board meeting minutes for relevant neighborhoods

	6-Map of NYC with different data points, such as Precinct, Community Board, Council District.
	http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/
	We will use this map to draw up quick resource guides for the affected communities to seek out additional resources or channels of assistance.

	7-Speed cameras?
	Speed camera data is an important data field to charting a reduction of risk near schools. Will have to access the right form of this data. TK

	8-http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF

	9-Resources (budgets) of the school (or districts) - galaxy budgets http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/funding/schoolbudgets/FY15FairStudentFundingBudget.htm?schoolcode=Q089
	We will look into accessing the School Budgets of our targeted schools and chart how much available funds there are for additional safety programs, or advocacy. These funds could come from Title 1 Allocation, Parent Involvement funds or other budget lines.

	10-Department of Health: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/ip/ip-nyc-inj-child-fatality-report13.pdf
	As an official Vision Zero partner, DOH has complied many reports and data that will show the severity of this issue. Motor vehicle collision is the number one cause of death for a certain age group among kids in NYC

	11- Our own data. After narrowing down our three schools in Manhattan and our three schools in Queens, we propose creating and administering our own survey to parents and caregivers of school kids to see if what they relate as problems are being addressed, and also if those are the same problems identified through our DOT Safety, DOT Routes, and NYPD data.

	12-Additional NYPD data may be used to see whether enforcement has increased at the selected schools over a time frame TBD.
	Other Considerations-
	Road design
	Distribution of crossing guards
	Lawsuits? Civil cases - vs - charges filed

	Persons of Interest to this Research

	Department of Transportation- Marjorie Marciano, Director of Vision Zero Education
	Mary Beth Kelly of Familes for Safe Streets
	Street users
	Pedestrian users