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The entry and exit is constantly blocked by bus patrons. It is a safety hazard and a shelter needs to be placed away from the entrance. You can donate to a temporary bench for this bus stop here: http://bit.ly/MJrWnq
The entry and exit is constantly blocked by bus patrons. It is a safety hazard and a shelter needs to be placed away from the entrance. You can donate to a temporary bench for this bus stop here: http://bit.ly/MJrWnq
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Wizwaz (Rehistradong User)
Kinilala Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Rehistradong User)
BenHV (Rehistradong User)
BenHV (Rehistradong User)
BenHV (Rehistradong User)
BenHV (Rehistradong User)
Doug Hausladen (Rehistradong User)
BenHV (Rehistradong User)
BB (Rehistradong User)
BenHV (Rehistradong User)
Greta (Rehistradong User)
juli (Rehistradong User)
I counted fourteen people and two small children waiting here around noon.
At the very least, a couple of benches would be great.
BB (Rehistradong User)
Doug Hausladen (Rehistradong User)
here's what i'm thinking
http://www.chairigami.com/
i saw one at York Street Noodle House and thought about this SCF ticket
BB (Rehistradong User)
Citizen (Panauhin)
Doug Hausladen (Rehistradong User)
BB (Rehistradong User)
BenHV (Rehistradong User)
BenHV (Rehistradong User)
BenHV (Rehistradong User)
Here's the plan:
The bench costs $110.
I added a 7% processing fee for Paypal and SeeClickFix Processing.
The total comes to: $117.70
We need 5 people to donate: $23.54
You can pay here using paypal: http://bit.ly/MJrWnq
I'm going to be the first to donate!
BenHV (Rehistradong User)
Doug Hausladen (Rehistradong User)
Broken link :(
i'm gonna be #2
Ben (Panauhin)
BB (Rehistradong User)
zbeat (Rehistradong User)
Donated!
Hey City of New Haven, I'll plan to have you reimburse me, once this project is a resounding success. ;) :P
BB (Rehistradong User)
BB (Rehistradong User)
BenHV (Rehistradong User)
FairHavenRes (Rehistradong User)
Nice; that was fast! Can it be somewhat weatherized--some sort of protective coating put on it?
(and I'm with Zack, send an expense report to the City! :)
BB (Rehistradong User)
We'll take it in at night and the gentleman at Chairigami did shelac the seat to make it more durable. WE left the rest of it unshelaced so folks could feel free to decorate it. There was a suggestion to use the bench for a local version of the Before I Die project by Candy Chang. What do you think?
FairHavenRes (Rehistradong User)
BB (Rehistradong User)
BenHV (Rehistradong User)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Rehistradong User)
The new bench is great. However, I think that Travers and the city's engineering office are misguided if they believe that they can add a full scale shelter here without widening the sidewalk.
The proper approach would be to add a "curb extension"/"bumpout" like the one shown here in Cambridge, Massachusetts:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/Transportation/design/Transit.aspx
or the "bus bulb" like this one in NYC:
http://landscapeonline.com/research/article/12267
Wide sidewalks are needed to encourage walking in Downtown and also promote safety by giving people enough space to maneuver with baby carriages, bicycles, and the like. If you look around other bus stops in Downtown New Haven, you'll notice that the shelters are often set back or located on an area with an especially wide sidewalk.
Bumping out the curb would create plenty of room for a bus shelter. This section of Chapel Street was significantly widened in the 1960s in order to accommodate more car traffic, which was an unnecessary move. If appropriately configured, this street can easily have car travel lanes, bike lanes, bus stops, shorter pedestrian crossing distances, AND wide sidewalks altogether.
David Streever (Rehistradong User)
Can someone assure me that Benton is an elaborate practical jokester? This is ridiculous. Is this seriously her job? To track down "renegade" benches?
Isinara Tucker (Rehistradong User)