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Volume 60 Issue 2 | November 04, 2024 | Lynbrook High School, 1280 Johnson Ave., San Jose, CA 95129
Initiating safer traffic practices around campus A
s each school day starts, chaos sweeps through the lanes of Johnson Avenue, the major road that acts as both an entrance and exit to Lynbrook’s campus. Cars wait impatiently to turn, students hurriedly cross the street and bikers swerve through intersections. As a result, busy areas such as the intersections and drop-off areas along Johnson Avenue have been known for collisions between pedestrians, bicyclists and cars, gaining the attention of students, staff members and worried parents alike. To best combat this, the Lynbrook community should increase awareness surrounding current safety issues and look into reinforcing safety efforts around campus. Currently, Lynbrook’s administration has been trying to keep themselves involved in student safety — regularly sending staff to manage crosswalks and drop-off areas. Such efforts have not been in vain: traffic congestion has been significantly reduced, and overall efficiency in drop-off areas has increased, but their efforts alone are not always fully sufficient. Although they help establish a higher safety standard around campus, jaywalking, distracted driving and other hazardous behaviors out of administrators’ control continue to cause stress and danger.
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Graphic illustration by Vidushi Upadhayay and Eileen Zhu. Photos by Ethan Wong and Eileen Zhu.