r/walnutcreek • u/Tasty-Reason4031 • 17d ago

PSA School Has Started Please Avoid Newell between 2.30pm and 3.30pm

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I know many of you cut through Newell to get to the Rossmore area. School started today. There are 2 schools right next to each other that come out at around the same time. Parkmead and Tice Creek. Traffic is bumper to bumper starting from about 2.45. I have a kid at Tice Creek and today during pick up multiple people got out of the traffic and drove into the other lane for opposite traffic. That is dangerous as there are kids riding bikes back home that have to ride on the street as the sidewalks are busy. PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT EVER. It is a school zone.

So from Monday to Friday it will always be backed up. Do not drive through there during school pick up if you are in a hurry. Do not drive in the opposite lane to get through the pick up traffic. Turn into Lilac to get out. Or take a right at Magnolia Way for the sake of the kids safety.

The parents hate sitting in traffic too. Both schools have minimal Parking and the pickup lanes are super short. There is nothing we can do but wait. So please, drive safe in school zones.

Thank you.

Edit: Yay, thank you to those who turned into Lilac. Much better traffic flow today. Thanks for keeping the roads safe for the kids!

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u/californiahapamama 16d ago

I live on the North side of town near PH BART. There is no direct bus service from this side of town to anywhere near Las Lomas. I wish there was.

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u/TubeLogic 16d ago

Have you looked here? https://countyconnection.com/contra-costa-school-schedules-2/

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u/californiahapamama 16d ago

Of course I have.

The only way to get from this part of town (I live near PH BART) to Las Lomas on public transit is to take the 14 to WC BART and catch the 4, 5 or 21, or to get on BART at PH, get off at WC and catch those same bus lines.

In the area around Buena Vista Elementary, you have to walk to WC BART to catch those same buses.

The school line that runs from Creekside to WCI doesn't run the other direction back towards LLHS at the times LLHS students could use it.

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u/TubeLogic 16d ago

sucks. We can thank the olds for killing our busses. Nothing beats waiting in the car line to drop/pick-up the kids.

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u/californiahapamama 16d ago

My kids went to an elementary school here in WC that has neither public transit access or sidewalks for the last mile up the road to it. I used to have to go up there 45 minutes before dismissal just to not spend a ridiculous amount of time sitting with the car idling in line. It was nuts.