[passcoalition] Re: new traffic light installation

Is this Community Board 1?

Karen


Karen Luxton Gourgey Ed.D., Director
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[mailto:passcoalition-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gene Bourquin DHA
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 4:54 PM
To: PASS listserv
Subject: [passcoalition] Re: new traffic light installation

Any new installation should automatically have APS.  That said, who knows what 
the DOT is planning.  I thought DOT always approaches the local Community Board 
with their plans. Perhaps someone, maybe Ken, can check?

Gene

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> From: mhansen1@xxxxxxx
> To: passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [passcoalition] new traffic light installation
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:44:01 -0400
>
> I'm forwarding an email that I just received from Barbara Backer.
> Maria
>
> Hi Maria,
>
> Below is from the The Broadsheet Daily, a downtown newspaper. The folks
> downtown have been declaring this intersection unsafe for a long time
> without a traffic light. DOT has finally agreed to install a light along
> with other safe crossing measures. I'm not sure if what they say as
> pedestrian crossing signals involve APS, but I thought PASS might be
> interested in getting APS installed along with the new light. Any chance of
> lobbying for this with Margaret Forgione?
>
> Hugs to Frisco.
>
> Best, Barbara
>
> On October 19, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT)
> acquiesced to the safety concerns of Tribeca residents and community
> representatives by approving a traffic light at the intersection of
> Greenwich Street and Duane Street, as well as pedestrian crossing signals at
> both the north and south sides of Duane Street. The DOT reached the decision
> after a study showed the volume of pedestrians crossing Greenwich Street met
> federal guidelines for the installation of traffic controls. The traffic
> signal is scheduled to be installed in approximately four months.
>
>
>

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