This month, Chapel Hill Police will continue monitoring specific streets and crosswalks throughout town, as part of their ongoing initiative to promote pedestrian and bicycle safety.

On Wednesday, February 4, from 8:45-9:45 a.m., officers will be near campus, monitoring the area around Country Club Road, Boundary Street and Battle Lane. On Thursday at the same time, officers will be posted on Columbia Street at the UNC Health Sciences Building.

Next Tuesday, February 10, officers will monitor South Columbia Street between Franklin Street and Cameron Avenue, also from 8:45-9:45 in the morning. Then on Tuesday, February 24, from 7:30-8:30 a.m., officers will be stationed on Raleigh Road at Glen Lennox.

It’s all to make sure drivers, bikers and pedestrians are following the rules of the road, especially around crosswalks. Officers may cite violations, including drivers who don’t yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk or pedestrians who cross against the signals. Fines and court costs for those violations may cost you more than $200.

Those police patrols are part of a much larger initiative the Town is undertaking to promote bicycle and pedestrian safety.

For more information on how to stay safe on the roads (for drivers, bikers and pedestrians), visit this page on the town’s website.

If you’d like to share your concerns about bike and pedestrian safety with the Town of Chapel Hill – including specific areas where safety is a particular issue – visit this page.