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A cross-walk is needed before a parent and child or someone gets hit by a vehicle. There is a pre-school, a high school, CAW, New Haven Ballet and more -- all generate plenty of pedestrian crossings at this intersection. It's very dangerous
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A cross-walk is needed before a parent and child or someone gets hit by a vehicle. There is a pre-school, a high school, CAW, New Haven Ballet and more -- all generate plenty of pedestrian crossings at this intersection. It's very dangerous
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flax (客人)
Doug Hausladen (注册用户)
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Doug Hausladen (注册用户)
E. Kennedy (客人)
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Duplicate issues
http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/1729
http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/6884
CT Livable Streets Campaign (注册用户)
Everyone please to call your Alderperson, plus the city's engineering / traffic departments, and note this is an issue.
Despite numerous postings on SeeClickFix with dozens of votes, the word has not gotten through to anyone at City Hall that anyone cares about this intersection, at all. We have gone to several in person meetings there recently but they need to hear from more than a couple people on this.
It's great to vote on this site, but if more than two or three people don't go in person to City Hall and explain the nature of the problem here (or at least make a phone call or send an email about it), it is unlikely to be taken seriously. One phone call can make a huge difference.
Please post here if you make any contacts or get responses. Thank you!
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they are going to power wash the paint off tonight. The fight continues!
Reopened Resident (客人)
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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.
As I noted below, it would help if everyone could contact their Alderperson and Mayor's Office about this specific issue. The city needs to hear from more concerned citizens.
Doug Hausladen (注册用户)
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
Ann H (客人)
There is no question that we need a crosswalk at Whitney and Audubon. The issue of safety, given the rise in Whitney Ave. seems to be the major obstacle. A similar problem exists on Tower Parkway, with a stoplight in front of the Yale gym being concealed by a curve in the road. This has been solved with a flashing red light indicating a stop ahead, whenever the stoplight goes red. Perhaps a similar fix would help the Audubon/Whitney intersection. Then perhaps we could have a stoplight, instead of just a crosswalk.
Ann H
Erin Gustafson (注册用户)
Doug Hausladen (注册用户)
An update from City Hall:
The Engineering Department has a surveyor preparing the topographical and right-a-way survey of the area so that proper Complete Streets methods can be designed and applied. A consultant team will propose Complete Streets design solutions and then the TT&P/Engineering departments will work on the budget of the project and timing.
The main reason for the project being started in a few months is due to the large sewer project by the WPCA. The road has been ripped up many times in the past month. That project is ongoing and will last through 2013 - though the area around this intersection will likely be completed much earlier.
http://www.gnhwpca.com/construction_alerts_4.aspx
Doug Hausladen (注册用户)
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Erin Gustafson (注册用户)
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Doug Hausladen (注册用户)
I heard from the GNHWPCA that this is in the works after the Spring thaw, but I haven't seen or heard of plans from TT&P.
What about some Placemaking stuff like this?
BenHV (注册用户)
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Doug Hausladen (注册用户)
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:38:31 -0400
Subject: Unveiling of plans for Audobon and Whitney makeover today at 1:30 at Whitney and Audobon
(New Haven, CT) The Whitney Avenue and Audubon Street
intersection—situated in the heart of New Haven’s busy east side
dining and shopping district and bordering Yale University and the
Audubon Arts District—is getting a complete make-over.
The City of New Haven, utilizing the professional design services of
CDM Smith, has redesigned the entire intersection using ‘Complete
Streets’ principles in response to the traffic safety concerns of New
Haven residents. The City of New Haven has one of the mostly densely
populated downtowns in New England and thousands of visitors to downtown
each day. This redesign will make the area safer and more attractive and
appealing for pedestrians, motorists and bicyclists. It will also creat
a sense of place.
WHAT: PRESENTATION OF AUDUBON AND WHITNEY REDESIGN PLANS
WHO: MAYOR JOHN DESTEFANO, JR. AND DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC, TRANSPORTATION
AND PARKING JIM TRAVERS
WHEN: TODAY,MONDAY, AUGUST 26th AT 1:30PM
WHERE: INTERSECTION OF WHITNEY AVENUE AND AUDUBON STREET
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Kam Lasater (注册用户)
A project to address this was announced yesterday at a press conference in the middle of the street.
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/crosswalk_plans_unveiled/
Attaching a photo of the planned improvements as well.
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