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.

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

Work on a light seems to have started, but unfortunately a pedestrian was hit today in broad daylight. Let's hope we have a crosswalk soon!

That's horrible Erin,
Do you know if the person is ok?

I do! I just found out from NHI who called me for comment that the woman is fine - just some scratches and bruises. She was hit after leaving Subway when a car started backing into a parking space. Hopefully comment from Traffic and Parking is coming soon.

Thanks Erin,
That's really terrible.

Ben

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

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

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.

This issue was recategorized from Uncategorized to Signs / Bus Shelters / Pavement Markings.

Thank you for the community work and support for this crosswalk. The Audubon/Whitney construction has been approved, thanks in large part to our partner Yale University providing $150,000 in funds. Shovels will be in the ground in June, and while the summer will be a bit of a stressful construction period, it will be complete by mid-August.

This is fixed!

Fixed!