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Lafayette residents urge rapid pilot to slow traffic on Baseline Road after two crashes
Summary
Residents and traffic experts asked the Lafayette City Council on Jan. 21 to immediately pilot lane-narrowing and other low-cost measures on Baseline Road west of 95th Street after two students were struck there in September, saying enforcement and existing signage are insufficient.
Dozens of residents of the Indian Peaks neighborhood asked the Lafayette City Council on Jan. 21 to adopt immediate, low-cost measures to reduce vehicle speeds on Baseline Road west of 95th Street after two students were struck there within 18 hours in September 2024.
The requests came during the meeting’s public-input period as neighbors described standing watch at crosswalks, volunteering as crossing guards and urging the council to try a pilot program using barrels, cones or flexible bollards to narrow travel lanes and reduce speeds while longer-term engineering work proceeds.
“Two of our young residents were seriously injured in separate automobile incidents within less than 24 hours while properly crossing Baseline Road,” said Rick Shwalski, a…
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