The city just installed a traffic signal with yellow flashing lights for Patterson drivers and red flashing lights for Pepper Street while people get used to what's ahead.

For longtime neighbors, the change feels overdue.

"We've been traveling down through here for quite a few years, and it's gotten worse every year," William Raynor said.

With that development has come some danger. Schools, synagogues, churches and shops all line Patterson Avenue, putting more people on foot where cars are moving fast.

"It's going to be a safety measure," Marcia Bernstein said. "It's really hard for them to get across without that light."

"I'm hoping it's not all the time. I'm hoping at night, when it's not very busy, we don't have to stop for no reason," Daron Keller said.

Still, Keller admits the c

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