{"id":265311401,"date":"2013-05-29T17:36:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T17:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=265311401"},"modified":"2013-05-29T17:36:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T17:36:41","slug":"small-changes-can-make-walking-to-school-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=265311401","title":{"rendered":"Small changes can make walking to school safer"},"content":{"rendered":"

[B’ Spokes: This should go out to Baltimore and Prince George’s Counties as well. My only change would be school zones need to be expanded to one mile, that is the radius kids are expected to walk right?]<\/em><\/p>\n

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by Miriam Schoenbaum, Greater Greater Washington<\/p>\n

Montgomery County could do a lot to make walking to school safer and more convenient, and at little cost. All it takes is a few changes to the law, signs and paint, and retiming some traffic signals. <\/p>\n

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Expand school zones<\/b>: Amend the county’s criteria for school zones<\/a> to include all county roads within a half-mile radius of a school. This would allow MCDOT to reduce speed limits and increase fines on roads near schools.\n<\/p>\n

Lower speeds and limit unsafe right turns<\/b>: Change the following rules in the amended school zones and post new signs to inform drivers:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n