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Old 8th June 2008, 09:24 AM   #11 (permalink)
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On Jun 8, 8:50 am, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:
> In <484bd333$0$7715$4c368...@roadrunner.com> "J.R.Guthrie" <jguthr...@nyc.> writes:
>  [snip ]
>
> >That's right. And the blind often find things like sidewalk cuts dangerous,
> >for example, though the ones with the raised "bumps" marginally better. But
> >don't tell that to the wheelchair people. AND NYC is absolutely not the
> >place to find "talking" walk/don't walk signals.

>
> Actuall, NYC has a couple of pilot, or test, locations
> with various "chirping" and other sound enhanced
> traffic signals.
>
> The one I recall is at 23rd street and, umm, that
> avenue that's one block east of seventh... It was
> picked because there's a large assisted living
> complex for visually impaired folk next door.


Avenue of the 6 Flags?

I saw a kid walking around from that housing, his face looked like it
had melted, with bits of flesh dangling from it.
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