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There is no crosswalk over School St, either at Laurel or at Cypress (where there is a mailbox). I have seen several people crossing to the mailbox almost get hit by vehicles speeding down School St to make the light at Arsenal. This problem is worst in the morning rush as students have to cross School St. to reach the bus stop in front of Convenience Plus (corner of Laurel and School). In years past, I've seen middle school students have near misses on being hit (sometimes it is because they are less experienced crossing streets, but there is no safe place for them to cross); at least this year the WMS bus pick up is earlier than the worst traffic. However, this year is very dangerous for the WHS students whose bus pick up (7:57am) coincides with peak rush hour traffic down School Street. I've seen so many kids almost hit!!

I'm finally posting a request for this ongoing problem, because this morning I saw a pregnant woman pushing a stroller from west Cypress over to the mailbox almost get hit by a car flying down School St--the car's tire screeched in his attempt to stop in time! From the pedestrian's perspective, the angle of the road doesn't allow one to see more than a block up School St. If the driver had not been speeding there might not have been a problem, however, drivers also don't have any signage/crosswalk etc to suggest that there might be a pedestrian crossing there. Sadly, some one will be hit, probably killed at this crossing--I worry it will most likely be a student trying to reach his/her assigned school bus stop. just to be clear, that corner has been a fixed bus stop for YEARS--but even if it doesn't remain one, the mailbox will continue to be on the corner of School and Cypress (as it has for the last 2 decades).

It seems ridiculous that there is no legal/safe crossing point between Arsenal/School or Boylston/School given the amount of pedestrian traffic that needs to cross from West to East along that corridor. Every side street entering School St. has a painted crosswalk, why not one across School to encourage Pedestrians to cross at a single place and help drivers learn where that place will be?