I think they are generally respectful and safe drivers at least on State Street where I tend to see them.

Ironically,
I just watched Public Works truck 97 Speed Up to go through the red headed East Bound at this exact intersection while talking on his two way.
There was a girl at the crosswalk who was forced to stop in her tracks as he accelerated through the red. I also nearly pulled out in front of him on my bike.
This was at 10:00 on Sunday 5/17/2009.

This is a problem I've seen many times in our neighborhood and I think it's something the city needs to be pushed to work on. Whether it's public works vehicles, police, school buses, the Yale shuttle or whoever else driving dangerously through our neighborhood, we deserve to live on walkable streets and should have the expectation that our public servants are the first to follow the law.

I'd like to organize a group of neighbors in Northern East Rock to address the issues of traffic calming and crime. I've been walking door to door campaigning and literally every house complains about those two issues.

If you'd like to get involved, please email me at justinelicker@gmail.com.

Justin Elicker
www.elicker2009.com

I'm hosting a meeting tonight (Tuesday, June 9) to discuss traffic and crime issues in Northern East Rock. The meeting will be at Wilbur Cross High School at 7pm. Please come and help us design an overall plan for addressing these issues in East Rock. And email me at justinelicker@gmail.com if you can't make it but want to be involved.

Justin Elicker
www.elicker2009.com

Though I'm not sure anything has changed, really -- I still see Public Works vehicles being badly driven, and idling needlessly in front of stores (notably on Canner near Orange, as the driver goes to the felafel joint) -- I am going to close this issue, as it was posted in, like, the Mesozoic era.

idling public vehicles of either New Haven or Yale are common