[nagdu] Tami's highway crossing

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Tracy,

I've been thinking about taking that approach for a couple of years now,
without actually doing it. /smile/  State's broke, city's broke...  So I
knew it would take forever to get anything done!

They're starting to do roadwork now with stimulus money and stuff, so yay!
They're doing it all over everywhere, so getting anywhere by any means
around here will be a regular nightmare for the few months.  Or years.
Still, it will be well worth it for everybody!

Your message is a good reminder.  I need to take time out to find out what
the plans for all the roadwork include in the way of pedestrian-friendly
infrastructure. Even if they don't put in a light for our exact street --
it's a T-intersection, so they may or may not -- a good sidewalk will give
me and anybody else safe passage to the nearest stoplights.  Oh, the
freedom!  /grin/

Thanks for the advice!

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6:17 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] Tami's highway crossing

Hi Tami. Your highway crossing sounds pretty hairy.  Would it be possible
to get a light put in? It sounds like it's a problem for more people than
you.
Last year, I finally got my town to put in an audible pedestrian signal at
a T-intersection I need to cross all the time. It was a 3-year struggle,
but it was worth it.  It's amazingly helpful to actually know when I have
the light, instead of trying to guess, and sometimes mistaking a lull in
traffic for the light.  I had to keep pestering, and calling the town
manager and my state assemblywoman, and threatening to get the DOJ
involved, but it was more productive than grumbling to myself, which is
what I'd done before.
Just a thought.
Tracy



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