[Colorado-Talk] Contact7 getting results: Belmar crosswalk signals causing problems

[sandy schleich]

Audible signals at intersections are nice but when I had my Owen M
instruction we did not have audible signals at intersections so I am used
to not using them. Yes they are nice to have in places where the traffic is
hard to gauge by sound and I would rather prefer to have them in those
areas, but if they are not there it doesn’t mean that I won’t try to cross
that street it just means I have to be more cautious. even if the
intersection has an audible signal they’re not often loud enough to even
hear over the traffic, so I think that defeats the purpose of them in the
first place. The ones that I like the best are the ones that tell you what
street the sign is green for. For example, when I go to Cross pueblo
boulevard and Lehigh, the signal will tell me which walk sign is on for
which street. Not that I can’t figure that out on my own but it is
definitely nice for it to tell me. There is also a left turn there and
people can turn on the green, and if I’m just crossing using the sounds of
the traffic sometimes people are only turning left and not going straight
and I’m going to get run over.

On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 8:46 AM Curtis Chong via Colorado-Talk <
colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Greetings:
>
>
>
> I am not really conflicted about this. Yes, I do agree that if an audible
> signal is present, it should be audible even if the traffic volume is very
> loud. But I disagree that these are necessary for every intersection in the
> city. It sounds like the person complaining about this doesn't feel
> comfortable crossing streets at intersections where there is no audible
> traffic signal. This is a problem because it means that his ability to
> travel anywhere is severely limited since audible signals are definitely in
> the minority.
>
>
>
> Cordially,
>
>
>
> Curtis Chong
>
>
>
> *From:* Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *Gary
> Van Dorn via Colorado-Talk
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 18, 2020 6:06 PM
> *To:* Dan Burke via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
> *Cc:* Gary Van Dorn <garyvdrn at msn.com>
> *Subject:* [Colorado-Talk] Contact7 getting results: Belmar crosswalk
> signals causing problems
>
>
>
> I have very mixed emotions concerning this story
> <https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/contact7/contact7-getting-results-belmar-crosswalk-signals-causing-problems>.
> What do you think?
>
>
>
> Gary Van Dorn
>
> Treasurer, Mile High NFBCO
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> Chair, Mile High NFBCO Transportation Committee
> Board Member, NFBCO
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