The following a is a Sagebrush staff report:
The Nevada Department of Transportation will install in-pavement flashing lights at two more crosswalks near the University of Nevada, Reno this summer.
The new flashing crosswalks will go in at the Virginia and 10th streets crosswalk and the Sierra Street and Artemisia Way crosswalk, said Lyle Woodward, UNR’s director of facilities.
Three people, including one UNR student, were struck by cars in February when crossing Sierra Street on 10th and 11th streets. All of them sustained injuries.
“There is a high volume of students who cross there and vehicles that don’t stop and go too fast,” UNR police chief Adam Garcia said. “And in that sense, it’s a problem.”
Signals were installed on College Drive at the intersections of Virginia and Sierra streets nearly two years ago. Those installations happened after a UNR student was hit at the Sierra Street and College Courtyard intersection in October 2005.
The new lights were approved earlier this year, but installation was delayed because of winter weather, Woodward said.
The crosswalk lights, which cost about $60,000 to install, are donated by private companies and installed by NDOT as part of an effort to test their effectiveness.
The City of Reno will settle on a model – solar-powered or connected to the power grid, for example – to purchase after all testing is completed in two years, said NDOT spokesman Scott Magruder.
“While you’re testing it they’re out there and they’re effective,” Magruder said. “The question is: which one is the best?”
The new flashing crosswalks will go in at the Virginia and 10th streets crosswalk and the Sierra Street and Artemisia Way crosswalk, said Lyle Woodward, UNR’s director of facilities.
Three people, including one UNR student, were struck by cars in February when crossing Sierra Street on 10th and 11th streets. All of them sustained injuries.
“There is a high volume of students who cross there and vehicles that don’t stop and go too fast,” UNR police chief Adam Garcia said. “And in that sense, it’s a problem.”
Signals were installed on College Drive at the intersections of Virginia and Sierra streets nearly two years ago. Those installations happened after a UNR student was hit at the Sierra Street and College Courtyard intersection in October 2005.
The new lights were approved earlier this year, but installation was delayed because of winter weather, Woodward said.
The crosswalk lights, which cost about $60,000 to install, are donated by private companies and installed by NDOT as part of an effort to test their effectiveness.
The City of Reno will settle on a model – solar-powered or connected to the power grid, for example – to purchase after all testing is completed in two years, said NDOT spokesman Scott Magruder.
“While you’re testing it they’re out there and they’re effective,” Magruder said. “The question is: which one is the best?”
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