On Wednesday, October 23rd my son was struck and injured by a car on Columbus Street while coming home from basketball at Ridgeview Junior High at around 8 pm. He was three houses from our home. Luckily, he walked away with only bruises and a concussion, but the reality is that he could have died. Columbus Street is unsafe. There is nowhere for children to walk safely to and from school. There is not adequate lighting down the street, and the Junior High starts while it is still dark out in the morning. If they are involved in extra-curricular activities they come home when it is dark. While the speed limit states that it is 25 mph, cars rarely go the speed limit with some cars going at least 45 mph. I want to make sure that our kids get to grow up. I do not want any other family to go through what we have gone through. There is no excuse for our city not to provide safe routes to these schools. Creating a safe walkway down Columbus Street will allow our children to be safer but it will also be a huge benefit to our community. It will allow residents to use Columbus Street to walk into town and to the surrounding neighborhoods. It will allow pet owners to be able to safely walk their dogs. Let's make Columbus Street safer for everyone. Please sign and share if you or someone you know lives in Pickerington.