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Parents, school trustees press Bakersfield council for more crosswalks, speed humps after student deaths
Summary
Trustees and grieving family members urged the council to expand traffic-calming measures, lighting and enforcement around schools. Trustees asked for a traffic study and at least one speed hump in memory of a child killed near Roosevelt Elementary.
Multiple speakers, including Bakersfield City School District trustees and grieving family members, urged the City Council on May 14 to accelerate pedestrian-safety improvements near schools, including crosswalk lighting, speed humps and increased enforcement.
Dr. Chris Cruz Boone, a trustee with the Bakersfield City School District, told the council that “we as a community need to take more responsibility in lighting our crosswalks and making sure that they're visible and making sure that speeds are displayed so that mothers like me don't have to worry.” Trustee Brooke Malley Alt, representing Area 5 of the district, said 328 parents and…
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