We spent most of this day researching pedestrian safety in Westchester and nearby areas. We also researched companies and foundations that might give us information on local traffic laws.
Paul Feiner wrote an entry on his blog about our project and this site. We were shocked and appalled to find that our project was met with such negative and angry commentary. It is horrible that people would even consider our project as a political move for Paul. Our only purpose in this project is to see if we can make a difference in pedestrian safety on Chatterton Parkway and in other areas. Please don't put your political opinions above the safety of your fellow citizens.
If anyone has further criticism of our project, we invite you to comment on this blog.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Day 4
Today we met Vic Leviatin, a former teacher at Woodlands High School. He showed us a section of Old Tarrytown Road where two people have died as a result of having no sidewalks in a dangerous traffic area. Old Tarrytown Road has a blind spot and looks very similar to Chatterton Parkway. One of the victims was a former student of Vic's, and the other was his wife's best friend. Seeing these two road markers gave new meaning to our project and really showed us how important the issue of pedestrian safety is. Too often, people don't take the initiative to change a problem until it is too late.
We hope that it will not take an accident on Chatterton Parkway to make people realize the dangers posed by not having a safe area for pedestrians to walk.
Vic, Erin, Jana, Carolyn standing next to a marker of one of the victims.
Erin, Jana, Carolyn and Vic observing the traffic situation on Old Tarrytown Road.
We hope that it will not take an accident on Chatterton Parkway to make people realize the dangers posed by not having a safe area for pedestrians to walk.
Vic, Erin, Jana, Carolyn standing next to a marker of one of the victims.
Erin, Jana, Carolyn and Vic observing the traffic situation on Old Tarrytown Road.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Day 3
Today we met Sgt. Gillis of the Greenburgh Police Department. He took us to Chatterton Parkway along with Paul Feiner. There we met with Emily and Jason Kingsley, who is one of the three musketeers. We took measurements of the road and discussed what options we had for making a sidewalk.
While there we also met several members of the local community who voiced their concerns about the safety of pedestrians. One elderly woman who wished to be anonymous told us that there had been several accidents in the past few years due to the blind curve on the street.
Another man by the name of Lawrence Birnbach has offered to allow the town to use a part of his property to make a path away from the road that does not interfere with the phone polls or go against ADA sidewalk requirements. Thank you sir, you have helped immeasurably with our effort.
Measuring the width of Chatterton Parkway
Jason Kingsley, Sgt. Gillis, Carolyn, Jana, Erin.
Carolyn, Lawrence Birnbach, Erin, Jana, Jason Kingsley.
The part of Lawrence's property that he is willing to let pedestrians use.
While there we also met several members of the local community who voiced their concerns about the safety of pedestrians. One elderly woman who wished to be anonymous told us that there had been several accidents in the past few years due to the blind curve on the street.
Another man by the name of Lawrence Birnbach has offered to allow the town to use a part of his property to make a path away from the road that does not interfere with the phone polls or go against ADA sidewalk requirements. Thank you sir, you have helped immeasurably with our effort.
Measuring the width of Chatterton Parkway
Jason Kingsley, Sgt. Gillis, Carolyn, Jana, Erin.
Carolyn, Lawrence Birnbach, Erin, Jana, Jason Kingsley.
The part of Lawrence's property that he is willing to let pedestrians use.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Day 2
Today we visited Chatterton Parkway for the first time. The street is very narrow and very busy because it connects Central Ave. with White Plains.
We went to Greenburgh Town Hall today and planned with Paul Feiner on how we could reach out to disability support groups in the Westchester area. We called Westchester Disabled on the Move, Westchester ARC, Peckham Industry Inc, PAB Contracting Corp., Gardner M. Bishop Inc., Chief of Police John Kapica. Hopefully they will call us back.
If you want to become involved please leave us a comment.
Calling associations and engineers and setting up Blog.
With town engineers
Looking at maps of the sidewalk site.
We went to Greenburgh Town Hall today and planned with Paul Feiner on how we could reach out to disability support groups in the Westchester area. We called Westchester Disabled on the Move, Westchester ARC, Peckham Industry Inc, PAB Contracting Corp., Gardner M. Bishop Inc., Chief of Police John Kapica. Hopefully they will call us back.
If you want to become involved please leave us a comment.
Calling associations and engineers and setting up Blog.
With town engineers
Looking at maps of the sidewalk site.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Day 1
Today we started our Project with the creation of this Blog.
We spoke about our project on WVOX am 1460 which is Paul Feiner's weekly radio program which is on every Monday at 11:00am. We explained what our goals are for the project. We will be making weekly updates on the project on the show every Monday, so please tune in for further information.
We later got to meet with congresswoman Nita Lowey and her assistant Peter Feroe. Hopefully they will be willing to assist us later on in the project.
Erin, Jana and Carolyn at the WVOX radio station.
Erin, Carolyn, Nita Lowey and Jana.
Peter Feroe, Jana, Carolyn, and Erin.
We spoke about our project on WVOX am 1460 which is Paul Feiner's weekly radio program which is on every Monday at 11:00am. We explained what our goals are for the project. We will be making weekly updates on the project on the show every Monday, so please tune in for further information.
We later got to meet with congresswoman Nita Lowey and her assistant Peter Feroe. Hopefully they will be willing to assist us later on in the project.
Erin, Jana and Carolyn at the WVOX radio station.
Erin, Carolyn, Nita Lowey and Jana.
Peter Feroe, Jana, Carolyn, and Erin.
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