very responsible, not to mention nice, of you to post this.

I like the idea of pedestrian-scaled lighting on State Street.

Check out this issue - 58 people have voted for it:

http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/9100-low-level-street-lighting-needed-on-upper-state-street

Please pass around Issue #9100 to more people - if there's a critical mass of votes, I think we have better grounds for working to address the issue. There are similar issues reported in other major commercial/transit corridors around the City so a comprehensive approach could prove fruitful.

Hey Mark,
You think we could raise the money for pedestrian scale lighting on Upper State from neighbors?
It would cost a couple hundred thousand dollars I'm guessing.

perhaps you could use TIF financing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_increment_financing

Ben - raising $100,000 up front from private citizens would be tough, I think.

Maybe a business improvement district could help, similar to how the Town Green pays for cleaning services in Downtown. To use a really rough example, if 100 property owners each paid $20 per year through the BID levy, that might raise $2000 per year, which could be enough to cover the interest on bonds needed for really good lighting assuming that the City or other actors also put in a match.

Unfortunately, if recent implementations of BIDs in our area have been bungled, then the public may not have confidence necessary to create another one unless we have better leadership.

I'd be curious Mark. It would be interesting to get some verbal commitments from citizens and businesses to discuss willingness to pay.

I agree that could be a good first step. Plus, maybe the work could be done in phases, or perhaps done by an outside contractor at lower cost (this would require looking into the current arrangement that City Hall has with its unions).

The bus stop identified on this ticket seems like a good place to start.

We are trying to delineate issues that are current and need the city's attention to resolve. Any issues prior to 2013 are being closed. If your issue remains and needs to be addressed by the city, please either re-open or open as a new See Click Fix issue. Thanks.