Located on the outskirts of UF and situated between apartment buildings and restaurants, the intersection at University Avenue and Southwest 13th Street sees 3,000 pedestrians every day during its busiest hours, according to a City of Gainesville study.
It’s no surprise one of the most bustling intersections in the city is also one of the most dangerous, with 175 crashes occurring in the past five years.
To combat this, on Jan. 5, the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization approved plans for two new crosswalks: a raised crosswalk in front of the Publix at University Village Market on Northwest Third Avenue and a regular crosswalk farther down the street by Northwest Fourth Place…