Painted crosswalks are not enough. Many cars don’t respect the signage, or simply don’t see it. With two-way traffic, a child can make eye contact/receive a wave from a driver going one direction and be ignored by a driver coming from the opposite direction. This also raises the need for two school staff to truly safely supervise the crosswalk at high-traffic times — one for each direction — and leaves kids to fend for themselves when school staff have departed but sports and other activities are still on site. “Safe routes to school” aren’t meaningful if the last street a child crosses is dangerous: this discourages families from allowing their kids to walk and bike.