{"id":54326,"date":"2015-08-07T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=54326"},"modified":"2020-12-26T12:10:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T17:10:18","slug":"city-works-to-make-walking-biking-to-school-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2015\/08\/07\/city-works-to-make-walking-biking-to-school-safer\/","title":{"rendered":"City works to make walking, biking to school safer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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News release from the City of Fort Wayne:<\/p>\n

City works to make walking, biking to school safer<\/strong>
\nMore than 300 improvements made at crosswalks this summer, 4 additional crossing guards ready for first day of school<\/em><\/p>\n

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(August 7, 2015) – With Fort Wayne Community Schools students returning to class Tuesday, the City of Fort Wayne has been working this summer to make the transition for students walking or biking to school safer through improvements to intersections, additional crossing guards and maps for parents and guardians to help plan safe pedestrian routes to schools.<\/p>\n

“With additional students walking or biking to school this year, multiple City departments have worked to help students arrive at school and go home safely each day,” said Mayor Tom Henry. “The safety of all our City’s residents is a priority for me, so it was important to involve the City of Fort Wayne in helping families make the transition to No Transportation Zones.”<\/p>\n

Crosswalk improvements: Almost 150 piano-key style crosswalks, providing improved visibility, at high-volume intersections have been painted with another 42 to be done by next month. An additional 193 traditional crosswalk markings on residential streets are part of this project. Almost 400 stop bars, large horizontal lines in the traffic lane, have been or will be painted.<\/p>\n

The City’s Traffic Operations employees painted the intersections manually. The paint for these projects constituted approximately 20 percent of the 2015 pavement markings budget.<\/p>\n

The installation of school-zone signage at the District’s 20 elementary schools is nearly complete.<\/p>\n

Public Works staff worked closely with the Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council and FWCS to identify intersections near elementary schools for crosswalk marking improvements and school-zone signage. The collaboration between the groups began shortly after the district decided early this year to modify bus service.<\/p>\n

Additional crossing guards, increased police patrols: The Fort Wayne Police Department added four crossing guards and reprioritized which intersections the guards will be at this year. New locations for the guards this year are:<\/p>\n