Safe Routes to School

Neighbor & Parent Review The full community brief — what we found, what we're asking, and how to give feedback. Draft Letters Advocacy letter drafts with sourced claims and send tools. Letter Comments Review and annotate letter drafts. Contact & Intake Public-facing contact form for neighbors and supporters.

AG FOIA Appeal — City of Newark Appeal of blanket denial of May 1 bus accident records. Sign on and add your voice. Action needed FOIA — DelDOT Request for SRTS program records, speed studies, and corridor engineering data. FOIA — Christina School District Request for SRTS applications, safe routes plans, and school walk zone records. FOIA — City of Wilmington Request for bus route and pedestrian safety records affecting Newark-assigned students. FOIA — NPD Crash Records Request for Newark Police Department pedestrian and bicycle crash data. FOIA Response — Bus Accident City of Newark response to records request on the May 1 school bus accident. PDF

Federal MUTCD 11th Ed. — Part 7 School area and school zone traffic control devices. FHWA, effective Jan 2026. PDF Delaware MUTCD — Part 7 (School) DelDOT Rev. 3 (2018) governing standard — school zone signing and marking requirements. PDF Delaware MUTCD 2026 (Pending) Draft update posted by DelDOT — labeled "pending approval" as of June 2026. Pending Delaware MUTCD — Part 1 General provisions and definitions governing Delaware traffic control. PDF Delaware MUTCD — Part 2 Signs — regulatory, warning, and guide sign standards. PDF Delaware MUTCD — Part 3 Pavement markings — crosswalk and edge line standards. PDF School Zone Blueprint National framework for school zone design and best practices. PDF FHWA MUTCD (Federal) Official federal MUTCD portal — all editions, including 11th Ed. effective Jan 2026. DelDOT MUTCD Page Delaware's current and pending MUTCD adoption status.

All Research Tables 15 tables: MUTCD compliance, agency map, timeline, disability overlay, CTF spending, quotes, sources, and more. Table 7 — Timeline 70 years of MUTCD updates vs. what changed at the school corner. Table 1 — Missing Definitions MUTCD terms absent from state/local standards at this corridor. Table 3 — Compliance Status Current signage and markings vs. MUTCD requirements. Master Quote Library On-record statements from officials on transit, safety, and education.

Community SRTS Map Walking routes, hazards, and community observations — submit your experience. CTF Geocorrelation Map Community Transportation Fund spend + crash overlay for all 62 Delaware legislators. Corridor Flow Traffic flow visualization for the Apple Rd / W Park Pl / Dallas Ave corridor. Stopping Distances Speed vs. stopping distance — anchors the speed argument. SQL Explorer DuckDB WASM — query all source data directly in the browser.

FirstMap Delaware's official GIS portal — road inventory, school zones, equity layers. data.delaware.gov Delaware open data portal — crash records, transportation, and demographics. WILMAPCO Wilmington Area Planning Council — active transportation plans and SRTS program data. DelDOT TMC Delaware Traffic Management Center — live traffic conditions and incident data. DelDOT Live Traffic Real-time traffic flow map for Delaware state roads including Apple Road corridor. DHSS Delaware Department of Health and Social Services — injury surveillance and public health data.