Were the traffic counts taken on days when the high school starts at a normal time?

On several days each month, the teachers at St. Charles North High School participate in an early morning program called "Education Through Cooperation (ETC)". This program includes meetings and training for teachers. On these days the students arrive at school approximately one hour later than the normal starting time of 7:20 AM.

Manual traffic counts for the Red Gate Bridge project were taken from 6 AM to 6 PM on 1/12/2005 and 1/25/2005. On both of these days school started at the normal time. Machine counts were taken between 5 PM on 1/26 and 5 PM on 1/27. January 26 was an ETC day, but because the counts were not started until after school was dismissed, the late start did not affect the traffic counts. School started at the normal time on 1/27.

RHA performs traffic counts for many different clients. Our crews were out in the area counting traffic on Red Gate Road on 5/18 for a different client. On that day, the students started classes late due to ETC.