'In partnership with the City Council and Los Angeles Unified School District, we took action to make streets safer near schools and we will continue to do more to promote student safety,' said a statement from LA Mayor Karen Bass.
With the first day of school quickly approaching for Los Angeles Unified School District students, council members made good on their plans to try and increase street safety around campuses throughout the cty. On Friday, they announced that more than 450 slow zones and 250 speed bumps were installed around schools in a direct response to pedestrian deaths.
Officials say that it is the 'widest deployment' of crossing guards in the city in more than a decade. Heather Hutt, the Los Angeles City Councilwoman who chair's the council's Transportation Committee, added that the safety measures are of the utmost importance with the new school year looming.
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