LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The city of Las Vegas will add crossing guards at five high schools beginning Aug. 10, as part of an ongoing effort to improve roadway safety.
Crossing guards will be stationed at Bonanza, Centennial, Desert Pines, Shadow Ridge and Western high schools when the new school year begins. Those schools join Arbor View, Cimarron-Memorial, Clark and Palo Verde high schools, which already had crossing guards assigned.
Program now covers 92 schools citywide
All elementary and middle schools in the city previously had crossing guards assigned. With the addition of the nine high schools, the total number of schools in the city with crossing guards is now 92. The city spends approximately $3.59 million annually on 322 crossing guards.
The city said it will continue to evaluate additional high schools to determine whether crossing guards would improve safety at those locations.
Criteria for placement include roadway frontage, type and distance of crossing, available alternative crossings, hourly vehicular traffic volumes, number of conflicting turning movements, and motorist and pedestrian sight distance and visibility.
The crossing guard expansion is part of the city’s Vision Zero initiative, which aims to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries on Las Vegas roadways by 2050. The city has been recognized by the national Vision Zero Network as one of 69 cities across the country participating in the program.
More information on Vision Zero in Las Vegas is available here.
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