The Topeka City Council on Tuesday will consider banning pedestrians — including panhandlers — from interacting with people in vehicles at 23 of Topeka’s most dangerous intersections, though not at any other crossings.
“We’re just essentially asking people to choose intersections that are not as dangerous as others,” Councilman Brendan Jensen said last month.
Jensen was chairman of a committee of council members and community leaders who voted 5-0 on Dec. 9 to recommend the council approve the measure, which is among items on the agenda when the mayor and council meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in their chambers at 214 S.E. 8th.
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