Seven high-crash locations in San Diego will receive safety enhancements, including flashing beacons, countdown timers, and pedestrian-friendly traffic signals. The city's Transportation Department identified these areas due to five or more crashes involving pedestrians and injuries in 2023. The upgrades aim to reduce accidents and improve safety for all road users.
Seven dangerous locations across San Diego will soon get new safety features including flashing beacons, countdown timers, pedestrian-friendly delayed-green stoplights and crosswalks that aim to boost visibility.Each of the locations had five or more crashes in 2023. The city’s Transportation Department annually studies intersections and street segments with the most crashes involving pedestrians and injuries.
The segments are El Cajon Boulevard from 63rd Street to Choctaw Drive and Market Street between 26th and 27th Streets. The upgrades will be completed by a new city “quick build” team that will allow San Diego to make changes to dangerous intersections more quickly than hiring an outside contractor.
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