28 December, 1997 Ottawa, Canada
New York Ciy has come up with the brilliant idea of closing the
intersection to pedestrians on the side of the street where cars
will be turning.  They have a lot of one-way streets and avenues
so they can do this.
The disadvantage for blind people is to get to a store across the
avenue, you may have to cross the street three times, and if you
walt along a busy street, need to alternate which side of the
street you walk on to get where you are going efficiently.
Do we have any New Yorkers on here?  What do you think of this
scheme on 49th and 50th streets between I think it is 6th and
madison?
The idea is to speed up car traffic, but I think in NYC traffic,
people would be best advised to take a cab or the train.
Your comments are welcome.
Brian
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