To understand what the projects are about, I talked with Nora Toiv, Leah Cowdrey and Jessie Procter. It's a 10th grade CAP requirement. You choose a goal and then contact the government agency which can make the change happen. We have until March to arrange a business meeting and present our idea. Students have great difficulty crossing the street because drivers can make right hand turns on red.
Currently drivers can make a right hand turn on red without waiting for the light to turn green.
They don't take into consideration that this is our time to cross. Once one car makes a right hand turn they build up so cars continue turning and you miss your turn to cross. It's especially because some cars come speeding around the corner. It takes one light to get get halfway across and at least one more light to cross the rest of the way. And if you try to cross against the light when there is a break in traffic you get detention from the security guards because they think you are jaywalking.