“We are not doing our kids any favors, agree with the comments here. Kids are empowered to walk across the street at any time, as long as they are in the crosswalk. I had a group of middle school kids leap out in front of me, i was doing between 15-20 mph on Franklin, and it was a challenge to stop on time. luckily, the car in back of me was also able to stop. those kids felt like they could just go at any time, as long as they were in crosswalk. They were not gauging how long it would take me to stop, and how far I was from the crosswalk before they decided to run out. We need to go back to the ‘look both ways’ mentality, it would be much safer for our pedestrians. Don’t even get me started on the commuters when the train arrives. In their dark clothes, they cross when they want to and where they want to, and are very hard to see in the dark. If it is raining, the visibility is even lower. They can see a car with headlights, but I can’t see them. It is a 2-way street. Both pedestrians and cars need to look out for each other. Changes need to be made in CBD with all of the new apartments and traffic flow, 15 mph is a good start. Lighted crosswalks also great. People wearing reflective tape on coats if they walk in the dark, amazing thing to have. Let’s all work together to make these changes, and more. “
Re: “We need to go back to the ‘look both ways’ mentality…”
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But if we do that we will have to tell our children that they are not special and they will have to be responsible for themselves and that the government (“laws”) are not sufficient to protect them.
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We can’t do that… it would not be good for their self esteem…
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Sounds good to me. Let’s do it Time for a change
I have been asking various village councils to reduce the CBD speed limit to 15 mph for years and years. When enough corpses have been piled up, it may happen.
The problem is that a 15 mph limit can not be legally enforced. But even signs up stating 15 mph would have some impact. Maybe some rumble strips strategically placed at intersections like oak and ridgewood could impact things on the cheap too
Ha Ha Ha … good one.
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Why not go full nutjob and demand that the CBD become a pedestrian only plaza.
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