The Pedestrian Safety Task Force hosts the final sched­uled dis­cus­sion forum to receive input on improv­ing pedes­trian safety.

Vice President for Administration and Finance, Jerry Scoby, and Claire Gould, pres­i­dent of Student Government, will be host­ing a series of three dis­cus­sion forums in the hopes of rais­ing aware­ness on the on-going issue.

“Basically we will have a big map of cam­pus and we will out­line and write down all areas of con­cerns the cam­pus com­mu­nity has,” said Gould.

Areas of con­cern include var­i­ous cross­walk loca­tions such as the cross­walks on cam­pus and a cross­walk near Burger King on State Street.

“We just want to get as much input and sug­ges­tions as we can,” said Gould.

As an addi­tional way for stu­dents on cam­pus to share their thoughts and ideas on pedes­trian safety, the admin­is­tra­tors of Ferris’ Facebook page cre­ated a dis­cus­sion forum where stu­dents can leave comments.

Scoby encour­ages stu­dents and mem­bers of the Ferris com­mu­nity to feel free to add their thoughts to the site.

The topic “How can FSU improve Pedestrian Safety?” has received a num­ber of ideas and com­ments from cur­rent and for­mer Ferris students.

Those who have par­tic­i­pated in the dis­cus­sion have sug­gested that peo­ple need to look both ways when cross­ing the street and make bet­ter deci­sions when it comes to cross­ing at the crosswalks.

There were also com­ments sug­gest­ing that dri­vers need to pay atten­tion to pedes­tri­ans, as well.

Another issue brought up in the dis­cus­sion was the new stop sign at Ferris Drive on West Campus. One par­tic­i­pant said that the prob­lem with the new stop sign is peo­ple are not even stop­ping and there was lit­tle warn­ing that the stop sign was even being put up.

A post from a Ferris alum­nus sug­gested that the acci­dents were inevitable as stu­dents are not always going to pay atten­tion to signs and stop lights and will cross a busy street regard­less of traffic.

Additional com­ments sug­gested that pam­phlets and fly­ers issued to stu­dents regard­ing pedes­trian safety are not a use­ful tool in rais­ing awareness.

Anyone who is inter­ested in par­tic­i­pat­ing in the dis­cus­sion on Facebook may leave their ideas and thoughts on the page. The dis­cus­sion is open to any­one who wants to attend. The final dis­cus­sion forum is sched­uled for Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. in IRC 120.