Following on the heels of a fatal accident at Euclid Street and Santa Monica Boulevard, it was revealed last week that 13 of the city’s 15 flashing crosswalks — where a push-button prompts a series of embedded lights in the street and warns drivers of pedestrians crossing — were malfunctioning on a regular basis. The family of the victim has already made public its intention to sue the city for failing to protect pedestrians.
This week’s Q-Line questions asks: Is the city of Santa Monica, for all its efforts to slow traffic and encourage residents and tourists to leave their cars behind, a pedestrian friendly city? Why or why not?
Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in next weekend’s edition of the Daily Press.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 9, 2007. Read the original PDF.