[tabi] Re: my object to Nova 2010
- From: "Easy Talk" <easytalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:40:47 -0500
Chip, After much consideration and Soule searching, I am with you 100 percent.
I am one who has been hit at an audible crossing. I am certainly for
decentralization but more work needs to be done and as Heather said Star Metro
does transportation/buses not Sidewalks, Audible signals or Police Safety.
They can only educate but it is up to other departments to do there part and so
far there are no guarantees.
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: Chip Orange
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 11:54 AM
Subject: [tabi] my object to Nova 2010
hi all,
I spoke with a StarMetro planner yesterday, and he said only 2 intersections
of the possible 41 proposed for transfer points, currently have audible
signals. (I think Lynn did tell us that).
perhaps, just perhaps, they'll be able to add 10, even 20, in the next year,
but by no means all of them will get audible signals.
the point I made to him, and the one I intend to make to the city commission
unless there is a dramatic change in the plan, is that no intersection, even
with an audible signal, is safe for a blind person to cross. audible signals
only make it somewhat safer, but many of our local blind residents can testify
about being hit. I don't think even our best, most skillful, independent
travelers, can say that crossing an intersection such as many of those proposed
by StarMetro is safe; and, a number of our blind residents do not fall into the
class of our "most skillful" independent travelers.
I intend to urge the city commission to deny the entire plan until the safety
of disable riders can be assured by never requiring a transfer through an
intersection; StarMetro has got to be forced to come up with another way to
handle transfers.
I know others of you have other objections to the plan, and I've heard and
agree with a lot of them, but this is to me, the single really good one, which
is good enough to warrant the city commission stopping implementation until it
is worked out.
I do support other objections which have been raised, including the one I
just mentioned that with all the bus stops moving to new locations, they are
going to be hard to find, and that the routes and the location of stops require
a lot of walking at times, which itself is also unsafe. but when I write the
commission after the plan is submitted to them, I am only going to focus on the
safety issue, as I think it's the most important, and I don't want to overwhelm
them in my letter with les important objections.
I hope all of you will consider writing to the city commission, but not until
the plan has been submitted to them. any letters before then are evidently
just forwarded to StarMetro, without engaging the commissioners' attention.
thanks.
Chip
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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314
(Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
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