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Leggett Launches Pedestrian Safety Effort
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Released in December, Leggett's Pedestrian Safety Initiative offers seven strategies for improving walkability and pedestrian safety.
The first strategy targets so-called high-incidence areas. The county and state are to begin the process this month by carrying out a pedestrian safety audit along Piney Branch between Flower Avenue and the county's eastern boundary. The audit is to be followed by engineering improvements.
Arthur Holmes Jr., the county's transportation director, called that stretch "the worst."
County Council member Valerie Ervin (D-Silver Spring), who represents the area, said she was not surprised to hear of the jaywalking yesterday.
"That's part of the problem," she said, "educating a lot of these folks about traffic laws."
Capt. Donald M. Johnson, who heads the local county police district, said he did not see the jaywalking. But he said, "I don't doubt it happened."
Lacefield said he was told that police officers "went over" to some of the jaywalkers "to talk to them about it."
More than 75 pedestrians are killed each year on the region's roads, and more than 1,000 are injured.
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