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Testimony by Emeline Lakrout, Blind Resident of Upper East Side, on Intro 1138
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Emeline Lakrout, a blind resident of the Upper East Side, testifies in favor of Intro 1138, emphasizing the importance of daylighting for visually impaired pedestrians. She describes the challenges she faces navigating intersections with parked vehicles and stresses the need for hardened daylighting to improve safety.
- Lakrout explains how parked vehicles make it difficult for her to listen to traffic and navigate crosswalks safely.
- She highlights the importance of preventing vehicles from parking in crosswalks, as her cane can go underneath cars.
- Lakrout advocates for proper implementation of hardened daylighting, ensuring clear pathways for visually impaired pedestrians.
Emeline Lakrout
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Okay.
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Perfect.
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Good afternoon council members.
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My name is Emeline LaCraut.
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I am a New York City resident.
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I live on the Upper East Side.
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I am also blind.
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I'm here in favor of intro 11:38.
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I think we've heard significant testimony about the benefits for visibility, especially myself as a blind person.
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I listen to traffic and when there are vehicles, it makes it extremely difficult to listen to traffic.
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Every time I step into the road, I know that I am taking my life into my hands and I just hope I make it to the other side.
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Barring that though, the importance of hardened daylighting is to prevent vehicles from parking in the crosswalk.
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Crosswalk.
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The number of times I have run face first into a delivery vehicle in the crosswalk, extremely unpleasant.
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My cane goes right underneath cars.
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And so it is extremely important that we have structural elements to prevent vehicles from being in the crosswalk.
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It's also important that when hard and daylighting systems are built, that they're built in a way that clears the crosswalk.
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I've seen some boulders placed literally inside of them.
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Again, as a blind person, my hope is that I have that five to six foot width of clear space to move forward.
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So again, I highly encourage passing of 11:38 to support our citizens with visual impairments and the disabled
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at large.
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Thank you.