TESTIMONY
Alan Monimen, Member of the Public, on Street Safety, Traffic Fatalities, Fire Safety, and Proposed Bills
2:20:42
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A member of the public expresses views on various proposed bills.
- Supports bills 346,144, 195
- Strongly opposes bill 103 and 104 aimed at slowing street safety improvements
- Questions prioritizing fire safety over overall public safety and traffic fatalities
- Argues building codes have improved but streets keep getting wider for fire departments
- Calls for a sensible, holistic approach to street safety without favoring one issue
Alan Monimen
2:20:42
Hi.
2:20:43
I'm resident of Brooklyn.
2:20:44
I wanted to reiterate what past speakers have said in favor of of most of these, especially 346 for Jaywalking, 144195.
2:20:52
I am strongly opposed to 103104.
2:20:56
They are as others have said, just designed to slow down the process of improving safety in our streets and continued to, you know, promote a car centric city.
2:21:05
1 key thing around those around fire safety.
2:21:08
I wanna remind them to the council that building codes have continued to improve in recent years, yet streets have gotten wider at the request of fire departments.
2:21:15
We need to make sure that we're taking sensible approach to street safety and and being holistic about public safety overall and not favoring fire safety.
2:21:23
In exchange for and more and more traffic deficits we've seen to continue to rise over the last, you know, many years.
2:21:29
Thank you so much.