Residents push for better street safety
As plans for Yale’s two new residential colleges begin to take shape, some city and campus residents are saying “not so fast” — especially to motorists.
Despite planned and ongoing traffic-related improvements on campus, several members of the grassroots New Haven Safe Streets Coalition are pushing for Yale to do more to protect pedestrians and cyclists, particularly as the University prepares to erect residential colleges 13 and 14. The proposed steps — including upgrades such as road medians, raised crosswalks and lower speed limits — are a necessary response to a spate of...
The original letter was published here
http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/24841