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Criticism of DOT's daylighting implementation rate
1:26:27
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Council Member Restler reveals that only two out of 107 recommended daylighting locations have been implemented in nearly a year. He criticizes DOT's approach and questions their effectiveness in addressing safety concerns.
- Restler emphasizes the safety issues at these intersections, including concerns for pedestrians and families with strollers.
- He questions whether DOT thinks their current approach is working well, given the low implementation rate.
- Restler suggests that the lack of action is forcing council members to support more sweeping legislation like universal daylighting.
Lincoln Restler
1:26:27
The answer is two.
1:26:28
Right?
1:26:29
So we're trying our best to advocate for intersections that we know are unsafe.
1:26:34
Your testimony here today is saying you don't think universal daylighting makes sense, but you recognize that when you harden intersections, it does save lives, it does make streets safer.
1:26:42
We should focus on the most dangerous intersections in the city and get that done.
1:26:47
But as a council member who has a very good working relationship with DOT and talks to your teams all the time, I'm at my wit's end because I keep bringing these same corners up that are notoriously dangerous, that my constituents are scared to cross the street, that people with a stroller are putting themselves in harm's way and their babies in harm's way every single day because they can't see when they're crossing, and two out of one hundred and seven get fixed in the better part of a year.
1:27:13
Like, do you think things are working well right now that DOT is doing an inadequate job in addressing daylighting conditions?