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I think one of the biggest problems is j walking within the Yale Community especially with the students. They just walk right in front of your car expecting you to come to a screeching halt. I think the Yale Police and New Haven Police should start giving these children tickets. They even look at you funny when you don't stop; even a couple of comments. I even seen them yell at a police officer and give him the finger when the student was clearly wrong; the cop went around the block to find the inconsiderate girl but could not.
7 Comments
Concerned Mom (Registered User)
Melissa (Guest)
Even better, close the streets around Yale to cars and make them pedestrian zones (this is the wave of the future!). Cars don't necessarily need to go through these streets anyway and the traffic is generally too heavy and dangerous and slow. The city is very walkable and people can park and walk into these areas instead of driving through them.
Yes, I own a car, but I make a concerted effort to walk to and around downtown rather than drive through.
BB (Registered User)
Car-Free (Guest)
All of downtown should be car-free! (except of course for emergency vehicles, public transit, delivery trucks and handicapped drivers). This would eliminate 90% of the traffic - most of which currently speeds through downtown with no concern for pedestrians, etc.
Making more people park outside of downtown will naturally increase foot-traffic which will improve the vibrancy of streets downtown. We can't expect downtown businesses to flourish simply because the heavy volume of car traffic. Cars don't stop! Businesses need people on foot!
Melissa (Guest)
Hear, hear! I'm with Ben and Car-Free : ) And I also consider myself a concerned mom who pushes her son around in a stroller among these attractive downtown streets and watches carefully for oncoming vehicles.
Certainly more pedestrian traffic brings in more business. I frequent shops I wouldn't normally stop to see in a car when I'm walking.
Citizen (Registered User)
And so how would I:
a. get downtown from Westville in the evening. It either isn't safe or very sketchy (the other people in the bus) to walk to the bus stop and ride the bus from downtown and back.
b. Drive via Q-Bridge east, but making a stop in downtown first
You know, downtown isn't just for Yale. Downtown New Haven is now a business district, with some tall buildings that people drive to! The fantasty of a pedestrians-rule downtown is an awesome one, but will not and cannot EVER work out.
Closed CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Actually, according to CT law drivers ARE required to stop when a pedestrian is in the lane of travel.
If you are worried about hitting other people, it is your responsibility to slow down.
Not everyone has your level of education or cultural understanding. Before you speed, consider the children who move to this New Haven from other parts of the world, where they can walk on their streets without fear of being run over by speeding traffic. Yes, I'm talking about that 14 year old girl walking out between the cars, who might be killed if you don't show some sense of responsibility and care for other human beings.
Case closed.