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Travel Planning

When traveling somewhere new, you need to know how to plan your journey. Some trips involve many steps or require different types of transportation. With good planning, which means you know all the steps in advance, traveling can be less stressful. Street crossing skills are essential for any trip in the city.
Cream-colored report cover titled "Construction of Portable Intersection for the Street Crossing Training of Mentally Handicapped Students" with an isometric diagram of a mock indoor street corner.

Date: 1979

Image Description: The cream-colored front cover of a March 1981 instructional booklet titled “CONSTRUCTION OF PORTABLE INTERSECTION FOR THE STREET CROSSING TRAINING OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS.” Below the bold uppercase heading is an isometric illustration of an indoor room setup featuring modular sidewalk platforms, building facade panels, a traffic signal, a “ONE WAY” street sign, a “BUS STOP” sign, a small training car driven by a student, and an instructor guiding two students at the mock curb. The bottom of the cover notes “MARCH 1981 / NYC DOT CONTRACT NO. 77-21” on the left and displays a circular “TTRC” (Travel Training Research Center) logo on the right.

Creator: Travel Training Research Center (TTRC); NYC Department of Transportation

Source: Peggy Groce Collection

Light blue front cover of a staple-bound booklet titled "My Travel Book" featuring an architectural drawing of a school building for the Division of Special Education Travel Training program.

Date: 1975

Image Description: The light-blue staple-bound front cover of My Travel Book from the District 75 Travel Training program. At the top, the title “My Travel Book” is printed in large hand-lettered text above a black-and-white line drawing (signed “M.J.G. ‘80”) of a modern two-story school building with a flagpole bearing the seal of the New York City Board of Education, labeled “DIVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION” and “Travel Training” above the entrance doors, with a blank “Name:________” line at the bottom.

Creator: NYC Board of Education, Division of Special Education (District 75 Travel Training program)

Source: Peggy Groce Collection

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