Accident Waiting to Happen: 1000s of people J-walk everyday at University Ave & Lester
A residential street, called "Lester Street" is walkable distance from the University of Waterloo. Now, 4 apartment building are on this residential street. This means 1000s of students are living on this tiny street. Everyday, all of us cross the main road at "University Ave & Lester St" numerous times. Since there is no traffic light, we find ourselves J-walking and running across the busy street. We hear cars honking sometimes. In rush hour, we just wait along the sidewalk, and the number of students waiting goes up 5 to 25 in minutes. We miss buses waiting like that, and we would be risking our lives if we try to run across the street when cars are constantly coming.
Please come and observe the street for an hour. You will definitely see the need to prevent thousands of students from J-walking on a daily basis.
We need a cross walk.
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Anonymous commented
A 19-year-old student died after being struck by vehicle at Sunview/Lester on Jan. 25. Totally didn't see this coming
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Anonymous commented
To add to this, Phillip st is becoming a fairly busy thoroughfare. Residents of Icon, WCRI and many places on Lester cross Phillip all the time. I've experienced frustration and anxiety as both a pedestrian and a driver on this street. Many streets around the university campuses need better, safer ways for people to cross. The pseudo-yield solution UW used on Ring Rd is one possibility