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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none">Please see below an extremely important survey from Potomac Chapter Board Member LeRoy Hansen. If you follow the link directly below his message, you may fill out the survey on Google forms. This is preferred, since it will allow for easy tallying.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none">You may reach out to me or LeRoy if you wish us to fill out the form for you online.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none">Otherwise, send your responses via email to LeRoy, or give him a call. You will see below why it is vital to collect this information from those of us who live or spend significant time in Arlington. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none">Please note the deadline of February 12 (February 11, for those of you who are football fans). </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Hello,</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I'm LeRoy Hansen, a member of the blind and vision impaired community in Arlington County. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Currently, Arlington is transitioning away from voice messaging at crosswalk signals (for example, walk sign is on to cross Glebe road) to a non-verbal signal -- such as an audible pulse (a tweet-tweet-tweet or cuckoo).</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Arlington County is also eliminating the vocal countdown of the time remaining to cross the street. A county employee said the changes were being made with guidance from two blind individuals.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I would like to provide the county with input from a larger group of people that are blind or have impaired vision. To do that, it would be very helpful to have your responses to the following survey questions.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">After collecting the responses, I will send summary statistics to everyone on this email and provide that information to the county as well. Please note that no names will be associated with responses. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Survey participants must have impaired vision and live in or spend a considerable portion of their outdoor time in Arlington county. If you believe </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(109, 139, 233, 0.6)">I</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> have not reached a person I should have included, please forward this message to them. A greater number of responses strengthen the message we have.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Please submit your responses by Sunday, Feb 12.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">If you have questions, please email me at <a href="mailto:leroy.t.hansen@gmail.com"><span style="font-kerning: none; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);">leroy.t.hansen@gmail.com</span></a> or call 703 350 9174</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none">Fill out the survey for easy tallying here: </span></p>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><b></b><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>(1) Which crosswalk signal do you most prefer ?</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none"><b><br>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Walk sign is on to cross name of street.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Walk sign is on.</span></li>
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</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>(2) Which crosswalk signal do you least prefer?</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none"><b><br>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Walk sign is on to cross name of street.</span></li>
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</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>(3) How often do you find the audible walk signal too low to hear?</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none"><b><br>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Never</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Occasionally</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Frequently</span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><b></b><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>(4) How often do you find the audible walk signal too loud?</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none"><b><br>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Occasionally</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Frequently</span></li>
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</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>(5) Do you want an audible countdown of the time remaining to cross a street?</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none"><b><br>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><b></b><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>(6) Have you found audible countdown volumes to be ...</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none"><b><br>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Too loud</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Too quiet</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> About right</span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><b></b><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>(7) Have you found it challenging to find the appropriate push button to activate a crosswalk signal?</b></span></li>
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