Week Three Outside Lab

This week, we finalized all traffic surveys and will come up with a point system to determine the best location for the skyway during lab Week 4. We also completed a Work Breakdown Structure system that we started during week one but had been updating over the course of these past few weeks (Figure 1):

Figure 1: Work Breakdown Structure 

Traffic analyses and counts of how many cars cross 33rd Street, how many people cross 33rd and Chestnut Street at the crosswalk, how many people jaywalk, etc. are put into an updated graph (Figure 2):

Figure 2: Chestnut Street Crossing Count

We also plan to research more design ideas, such as materials used, lighting fixtures needed, drainage systems, etc. We also plan on spending the next couple of weeks finalizing the exact measurements for where the bridge will start and end, how high it will be according to standards, and the slope of the handicap accessibility ramp. As soon as we determine which materials need to be used and the technical measurements, we can begin to put together a basic budget, where we may need to adjust our materials as needed.