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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by David Pecoraro, Secretary of Rosehill Civic Association and Member of Community Board 13 Queens Transportation Committee, on Universal Daylighting
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David Pecoraro testifies in favor of Intro 1138, which would create universal daylighting in New York City. He speaks from his personal experience as a lifelong New Yorker and car driver, emphasizing the need for proper visibility at intersections.
- Criticizes inadequate daylighting measures, specifically at the corner of 243rd Street and 145th Avenue in Rosedale
- Calls for hardening of all eight points of intersection where two-way streets meet
- Suggests including a "look back" provision in the legislation to correct inadequate daylighting implementations
David Pecoraro
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Good eve good afternoon, transportation committee chair, my council member, Sabina Brooks Powers, and the rest of our committee.
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I'm here to testify in favor of Intra eleven thirty eight, which creates universal daylighting For purposes identification purposes only, I am the secretary of the Rosehill Civic Association and a member of both community board thirteen Queens as transportation committee.
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Both organizations have passed resolutions in favor of daylighting that I have strongly supported.
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However, I am testifying today as a 65 year old New York lifelong New Yorker and a 59 year resident of Rosedale.
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I am over six all a car driver, and I have issues safely crossing intersections that lack proper visibility.
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Specifically, I've testified for real daylighting, not the daylighting in name only that was installed at the corner of 240 Third Street and A Hundred 40 Fifth Avenue in Rosedale.
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This sense of location includes both the Rosedale Library and post office.
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As most of you know, there are actually eight points of intersection with two two way streets meet.
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The Department of Transportation somehow believes that adding one no parking sign at one corner would successfully daylight the intersection.
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What they fail to understand is that without some hardening, perhaps a bollard, the sign is routinely ignored, especially by trucks delivering to the bodega at that corner.
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The DOT needs to look at intersections like this, where they took an ad an inadequate simplistic approach and hardened all eight points to protect the children and senior citizens using our library and post office.
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Please include a look back in the legislation to correct inadequate daylighting as we move forward to a safe day lighting is a rule, not the exception to protect pedestrians and other drivers.
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And I just wanna make note, as I said, I'm
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