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I am sure they considered these problems for a few seconds but correctly found them completely ridiculous.

The fence has cut down on students crossing Gainsborough away from the crosswalk (especially students dropped off/picked up by cars away from the crosswalk), and made things a bit safer for pedestrians around Churchill.    It hasn't solved all the traffic problems, or the drug problems at Churchill, and neither  has it brought peace to the Middle East.

But go ahead and continue your obsession with the fence.    Maybe we can keep this thread going for another 6 months.
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That's not pedestrian safety, it's just pedestrian removal.[/quote]

+1 [b]Children should be taught to use crosswalks[/b] and to not be looking down at their phones when crossing the street. Teaching and getting community involvement would have been more effective in changing behavior habits than building a fence. I agree in an emergency situation when the building needs to be evacuated quickly, the fence could be a saftey impediment.

Official crossing guards or police officers also help with pedestrian and traffic safety. Why doesn't Churchill have crossing guards?[/quote]

Drivers should be taught to stop for pedestrians in marked and unmarked crosswalks. It's the law! And every intersection is a crosswalk - so, at minimum, there are crosswalks across Gainsborough at Victory Lane (unmarked), and Georgetowne Drive (one marked, one unmarked). But the parking lot entrances/exits are likely legal crosswalks also.

Everywhere else, it's legal for pedestrians to cross, it's just that the drivers have the right-of-way.

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Crossing guards help with directing traffic as well as pedestrians.  Sometimes a crossing guard acts like a temporary traffic signal, forcing cars and pedestrians who would normally have tge right of way to stop so traffic that becomes gridlock can be alleviated. Right now, students are still exiting at the entrance to the student lot as well as stepping into the road wherever they want. Cars and buses are bottlenecked in the three loops because they exit at areas without a traffic light or stop sign.  Sometimes there's a staff member trying to direct traffic, but they are not consistently doing so nor are they trained and licensed guards.  [/quote]

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