Vista School traffic plan a traffic school for parents
by Dan Blackburn Getting students efficiently and safely to and from the newly modernized Hermosa Vista School (formerly North School) has been the subject of formal studies and formation of a plan – which has now been put into action. With mixed results during the 25th Street school session’s first few days, according to some residents impacted by the irregular traffic flow. Traffic around the school Tuesday morning moved smoothly, but neighbors generally agreed that afternoons pose the biggest problem. John Williams lives across from school. “It’s like Los Angeles International Airport,” he told a reporter. “Drop offs are easy. People pull up, drop off child and leave. Pickups are the problem. People pull up and wait for their kid to find them. Pick-up traffic on Friday was backed up from 25th Street to 22nd Street.” Neighbor Scott Davey, said he believes the program needs more time to develop. Davey is a member of the Neighborhood Transportation Management Program (NTMP), which contributed $20,000 toward a plan that showed how students could be dropped off on campus, rather than on the streets surrounding the school. “It’s only been a few days,” he said. “Let’s collect the data…
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