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Trustees advance plan to ban parking, stopping and standing near Lakota West crosswalk after two pedestrian strikes
Summary
Trustees opened the process to add “no stopping or standing” to a stretch of Westchester Road near Lakota West High School, following police traffic studies and two recent pedestrian strikes. The item will be advertised under state notice requirements and return for a formal vote in April.
Resolution 4-2025, introduced March 11, 2025, would add “no stopping or standing” in addition to existing no-parking restrictions along both sides of Westchester Road from Mauthauser Road to Union Center Boulevard, the trustees were told.
The change aims to reduce pedestrian exposure at the crosswalk directly outside Lakota West High School after two pedestrian strikes: one in November 2018 and a second on Sept. 20, 2024. Colonel Brian Revholtz of the West Chester Police Department described traffic and pedestrian monitoring the department conducted, including drone observations and on-site officer watches during school arrival and dismissal.
Revholtz said the traffic-safety unit…
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