Safe Routes to WPPE — Community Map

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a federally-recognized program to make walking and biking to school safer. West Park Place Elementary has no SRTS application on record despite being identified for the program in the 2022 WILMAPCO Active Transportation Plan. This map is the first step toward fixing that.

Explore the hazard map, toggle walking routes by direction, and add your own experience below. Every submission becomes part of the public record.

Known hazards at WPPE

Pre-documented from site observation, crash data, and DelDOT records. Click any marker on the map for details.

Apple Rd / West Park Place

Uncontrolled. No crosswalk. No school zone signs. Bus struck car here May 2026. School entrance intersection with no protections.

Apple Rd / Elkton Rd

LOS F (projected). 78.9s average delay. 28,734 vehicles/day. No pedestrian crossing on the most direct route from the north.

Willa Road — flood zone

Sidewalk floods regularly. Forces families onto Apple Road — an arterial with no shoulder or sidewalk — to reach the school.

S. College / West Park Place

LOS E projected. 49s average delay. Students walking from the east wait 60+ seconds — the MUTCD "excessive delay" threshold.

NEC rail / Apple Road area

At-grade rail crossing north of Elkton Rd junction. No pedestrian crossing markings. Casho Mill crossings (FRA 908562H, 140733E) have no active warning equipment.

Apple Road Sidepath — unbuilt

$609,391 TID-funded sidepath project has an executed agreement but has not been built. Kids walk in the road.

Community partners on West Park Place

Businesses on West Park Place are daily witnesses to pedestrian and vehicle conditions at this corridor. Their street-level observations carry weight as independent accounts.

Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes & Crematory

121 West Park Place · Daily street-level observer

Other WPP businesses

To be identified — if you operate a business on West Park Place, we want to hear from you.

Are you a business owner or employee on West Park Place? Use the form below and check "I work on West Park Place" — your perspective is especially valuable.

Add your experience

Tell us what you encounter walking to or from WPPE. Every route and every hazard you name becomes part of our documentation.

Nothing is sent automatically. Download creates a file you can email or share with us.

Where do you walk from? (intersection, street, or landmark) What do you encounter? (check all that apply)

No sidewalk No crosswalk Cars block sightlines Flooding / standing water Speeding vehicles No safe place to wait Rail crossing concern Bus / truck conflict I work on West Park Place

Notes (describe what you see — time of day, specific spot, what happened) Photo (optional — stored locally, included in your download)
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Feeder zones & bus coverage

Coming next: Animated walking routes by feeder zone (in-zone vs. non-contiguous assignments), DART bus coverage, and representative district overlay. Toggle "Feeder zones" above once this data is loaded.

Christina School District students assigned to WPPE from non-contiguous feeder zones face longer walks through corridors with documented high crash density. This layer will show those routes and the infrastructure gaps along them.

The corridor — traffic & infrastructure

Road bearings, intersection performance grades, and missing infrastructure drawn from actual OSM geometry and DelDOT traffic data. Hover any element for data.