Dangerous crossing

because of the set up between Whitney Ave and Audubon Street, there pedestrians are constantly dashing across Whitney Avenue - frequently while holding small children. We need a crosswalk!

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  • Is there any update from the department on the progress?

    anon (Guest)
    7 months ago
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  • Dear all - Erin Gustafson and myself have submitted a project request form for the crosswalk. Please find it linked here: http://bit.ly/ward7crosswalk

    We will be collecting signatures of supports at our DWSCMT general membership meeting tonight at 6pm - City Hall meeting rooms -

    Best,

    Doug Hausladen
    Chairman
    Downtown-Wooster Square CMT
    dwscmt@gmail.com

    Doug H (13435 civic points)
    9 months ago
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  • NH Independent Coverage, 5/3/11, includes some great interviews about the need for a crosswalk at this location.

    http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/guerrilla_crosswalk_appears_on_whitney/

    Also, the director of one of the city's largest business districts wrote this note to me, after we discussed the most pressing pedestrian issues in New Haven:

    "I think the intersection of Audubon at Whitney ought to be focused on. I understand it is a challenging place to put a crosswalk because of the rise in the roadway (the same factor that makes it dangerous to cross here) , but I'm also sure there is some creative solution that can be devised. There is a broad swath of the community that crosses Whitney at Audubon - Yale folks, workers and shoppers in the neighborhood, ECA students, NMS students, families with young children, and more - and it is currently unnecessarily dangerous for all of them. Let's work on fixing this BEFORE someone really gets hurt or worse."

    Please see http://seeclickfix.blogspot.com/2011/05/crosswalk-conundrum.html for a roundup & links to all the issues reported here.

    Mark (37060 civic points)
    9 months ago
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  • Has there been any progress on this? I have sent certified letters to the City about this crosswalk, but not heard anything back.

    Mark (37060 civic points)
    9 months ago
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  • I'm in too! Just tell me when/where to be. Mornings are bad, as are lunchtimes and evenings are even worse now that it's dark again.

    Erin Gustafson (4030 civic points)
    about 1 year ago
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  • I'm in! Can we also do this at Court and Olive? I say we choose: Dynamite by Taio Cruz! "I'm gonna celebrate and lift my life..."

    janna (Guest)
    about 1 year ago
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  • i think a protest is in order

    Doug H (13435 civic points)
    about 1 year ago
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  • Flash Mob!!! Let's just show up and do it.

    Kevin G. Ewing (5125 civic points)
    about 1 year ago
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  • How do we go about organizing a pedestrians' critical mass?

    Mark (37060 civic points)
    about 1 year ago
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