BOISE, Idaho — Three elementary school students are advocating for safety improvements at a busy Boise intersection, where state data show that 224 crashes have occurred since 2008. One of those was fatal.
The intersection of Hill Road and Lancaster Road features a crosswalk with pedestrian flags. Still, it lacks flashing signals to warn drivers of pedestrians, prompting safety concerns from nearby residents and young advocates.
Anna Wickstrom, Maite Lewis and Avielle White created a school project calling for the installation of a rectangular rapid flashing beacon, or RRFB, at the crosswalk…