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Daylighting implementation in car-heavy districts
3:13:14
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Council Member Brooks-Powers discusses the challenges of implementing daylighting in car-heavy districts, including her own. She expresses support for daylighting while acknowledging that it may not be suitable for all corridors.
- Brooks-Powers mentions living in a car-heavy district herself, yet supporting daylighting.
- She suggests that the Department of Transportation (DOT) should prioritize hard infrastructure that has been requested for years.
- The council member emphasizes that there are multiple tools available to address safety concerns in these areas.
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
3:13:14
car heavy districts and at the end of the day there have been a number of reasons why parking has been removed from one program to the next.
3:13:23
But again, I live in a car heavy district, I support daylighting.
3:13:27
Yeah.
3:13:28
There are certain corridors that it may not necessarily make sense with I
Alex Duncan
3:13:31
thank you for that and I thank you for your support, but with all due respect, they may be car heavy, but they're also kid heavy.
3:13:37
Right?
3:13:37
Kids live in all of these districts.
3:13:39
Absolutely.
3:13:40
Live in all these districts.
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
3:13:41
One can argue that DOT should prioritize the hard infrastructure that 've been calling for for a number of years now.
3:13:47
So there are a number of tools in the toolbox, but I just don't want to misrepresent something when council member Banks is not here.
3:13:56
And again, I'm not trying to speak for him, just want to clarify because I have a very similar district.
Alex Duncan
3:14:01
That's fair.