[nfbwatlk] From the Archives: FW: A Job Well Done!

[Mike Freeman]

Bear in mind that we weren't (and still are not) protesting all audible
pedestrian signals although certain among us -- Gary Mackenstadt and I, for
example -- still believe there are *far* too many audible signals around.
What NFB stands for is that (1) such things be put only where they are
absolutely needed and that (2) this need be determined by the blind folks in
the area (of both ACB and NFB) and not as determined by traffic engineers
and assorted other do-gooders.
Personally, I don't mind audible signals that say or sound something *once*
and then shut up. But we're never going to have signals everywhere as ACB
often seems to advocate and so we protested. I reprinted these posts so
people could see the sort of thing we did in the NFB of Washington (I'm
always being asked about this).

Thanks for the kudos on the article. I don't think it ever did make it to
the Monitor.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of debby phillips
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 10:39 PM
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] From the Archives: FW: A Job Well Done!

Wow, I remember that, vaguely.  By that time I was no longer working, so was
not in downtown Portland at the time.  I'm still 
trying to work this out in my head, but this is a great article.    
Peace,    Debby

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