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From: Paul Mimms <paul8655@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:24:43 -0500
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Date:   Thu, 1 Sep 2011 15:10:18 -0500
From:   Edward Reyes <icedog1@xxxxxxxxx>
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*From:*nut-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nut-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On 
Behalf Of *Reginald George
*Sent:* Thursday, September 01, 2011 1:55 PM
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Please excuse the cross post.  I realize that this is a technology list, 
but Chip has many friends here, and I know we are all concerned.

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*From:*Sheila Styron <mailto:SStyron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I work as the public policy coordinator for The Whole Person and 
represent this organization with the city on accessibility issues. It 
was in this capacity that I contacted Sergeant Fuller, lead investigator 
for the August 31 traffic incident where Chip Block was fatally struck 
down.

This is what Sergeant Fuller told me about this accident, and this 
officer had been unaware of Chip's visual impairment prior to speaking 
with me.

The events were clearly filmed by a Max bus camera. The driver, a woman 
with two dogs in her car was proceeding from west to east on 31st with 
the sun in her eyes. She was first in line for the left arrow and when 
she got it, turned left. The crosswalk was apparently in some amount of 
shade, and she hit Chip as he was walking across Main in the crosswalk 
from east to west traveling along the north side of the intersection. 
The film of the incident clearly shows that Chip did not have the light 
and was not running.

The intersection at 31st and Main is one where the city has been 
promising to install an accessible pedestrian signal since around this 
time last year. The Children's Center for Low Vision is right there 
along with the Rehabilitation Institute. Consumer groups, orientation 
and mobility instructors who train visually impaired people to travel 
safely and several individuals all identified 31st and Main as a 
priority installation. The city has been dragging its feet, and I 
recently spoke with the contractor who has the job and says he has 
experienced difficulties being paid for his work in a timely fashion. 
The most recent deadline for completion on a list of 7 APS installations 
designated as priorities and including 31st and Main is currently set 
for the end of September. I feel certain that this heartbreaking 
untimely death could have most likely been avoided had there been an 
accessible pedestrian signal at 31^st and Main.

Sheila Styron, Public Policy Coordinator

The Whole Person

3420 Broadway Suite 105

Kansas City, MO 64111

Work: 816.561.0304

Mobile: 816.896.6552

Fax: 816.753.8163

E-mail: sstyron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:sstyron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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