Girl Scout makes L.A. neighborhood safer after pushing to get lighted crosswalk installed

A crosswalk.
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A Los Angeles neighborhood is now more pedestrian-friendly, due to the efforts of Girl Scout Gwendolyn Rudd.

It took two years, but after pushing her neighborhood council in Jefferson Park to work with City Hall, a lighted crosswalk was installed in a busy section of Jefferson Boulevard and Third Avenue. Rudd told ABC 7 when she was younger, she was "really scared" to cross there, and her mother used to have to dart out and stop traffic. Now, a new generation of kids won't have to have the same concerns.

"One of our core responsibilities at the school is the child's safety," Elizabeth Garcia, an employer at a neighborhood day care, told ABC 7. "And this is a major part of their safety while they play. So we are extremely happy and grateful to witness this."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.