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Pedestrian Safety
Pedestrian
Safety
Pedestrians
account for approximately one-third of traffic fatalities in DeKalb
County. Safe Communities is working to reduce the rate of pedestrian
injuries and deaths by focusing on the county as a whole as well
as improving some of DeKalb's most dangerous roads like Buford
Highway, Glenwood Road, McAfee Road and Flat Shoals/Candler Road.
Buford
Highway and Glenwood Road
Safe Communities was instrumental in forming the Buford Highway
Stakeholders Group, and Safe Communities is working with residents
and business to form a similar group for the Glenwood Road area.
The Buford Highway Stakeholders Group initiatives have resulted
in concept designs to enhance pedestrian safety along the Buford
Highway corridor, particularly in Chamblee and Doraville. Construction
of pedestrian safety enhancements are scheduled to begin in 2002.
Pedestrian
Safety Task Force
A County-wide Pedestrian Safety Task Force was created in November
2001 to deal with pedestrian safety issues around DeKalb elementary
schools. The Task Force consists of members of the DeKalb County
Board of Commissioners, DeKalb County Board of Health, DeKalb
County Board of Education, DeKalb County Department of Public
Safety and DeKalb County Public Works.
Hispanic
Pedestrian Safety Awareness Campaign
Since Hispanics account for 16 percent of all pedestrian fatalities,
but comprise only nine percent of DeKalb's population, Safe Communities
sponsors a Hispanic Pedestrian Safety Awareness Campaign. As part
of our educational efforts, Safe Communities has produced posters
and designed billboards with safety awareness messages in Spanish
and English.
International
Walk Your Children to School Day
Among the many other pedestrian safety programs we have generated
is the International Walk Your Children to School Day, which is
a yearly event intended to promote exercise, heighten drivers'
safety awareness of speed limits and crossings, and help to identify
roadways that are unsafe for school children. The most recent
event was held on Oct. 2, 2001 and involved nine county schools,
1,500 children, and dozens of parents. We will once again organize
this event in the fall of 2002.
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Safe Communities
DeKalb County Board of Health
445 Winn Way
Decatur, GA 30030
phone: 404.294.3700
e.mail: info@dekalbhealth.net
