UA students push for traffic safety improvements at intersection where three students died

University of Arizona students are rallying to improve pedestrian safety. A new petition calls for city officials to install traffic control measures at the intersection where three students died last week from a deadly crash.

The petition, created by Fallon Oddo, a senior at the UA, specifically requests the installation of a HAWK beacon a High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk signal at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Second Street.

The effort has rapidly gained support, collecting almost 9,000 signatures from community members concerned about pedestrian safety.

"It just helps to ensure that the pedestrian actually gets a dedicated, safe time to cross the road and that cars have a better chance of seeing them and are aware that someone is trying to cross the road," said Oddo.

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