Hannah Carroll’s two kids are excited that classes are beginning again at Anna Brochhausen School 88.
But, the traffic that speeds along East 16th Street in front of the eastside elementary school makes their mom nervous. Carroll said she’s seen drivers regularly disregard the crossing guard in front of the school, and the flashing lights at each of the street’s crosswalks don’t seem to help much.
“It’s scary,” Carroll said. “I’m just afraid somebody’s kid is gonna get hit one day.”
It’s one of the reasons why leaders of the Community Heights Neighborhood Organization have developed multiple traffic calming and tactical urbanism projects designed to encourage drivers to slow down in front of the school…