密苏里州圣路易斯 STL
加载中…
圣路易斯最古老的社区报纸 · 自1970年以来独立运营,全部由志愿者管理

Accessibility

Metro Update(英文)

Fall 2007

此内容暂无简体中文译文,以下为英文原文。

Historical Fall 2007 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.

It is about the 1 year anniversary of the opening of Metro’s Cross County MetroLink extension.

While the new service is great, Metro has left the neighborhood with a lot of unfinished business. • The sprinkler system in Forest Park Parkway has not been restored.

The new trees and grass are very stressed. • Accessible ramps on the NE & NW corners of FPP & DeBaliviere are way off the ADA slope guidelines. • Pedestrian Access at the NE corner of FPP and Des Peres is limited.

The crosswalk runs you into a guard rail and a traffic signal. • Metro promised a button activated pedestrian signal at Lindell & DesPeres, but said later it was not on the drawings and they did not plan to do it.

As a result we still have the traffic signal cycling which causes cars to sit there spewing fumes when most of the time it is not needed.

This is a very expensive project… around $100,000.

It requires a completely new controller, wiring etc.

I have not given up ALL hope of Metro reconsidering and doing the right thing.

But since it has been a year, I am starting to make plans to fix these things from 28th ward capital improvement funds… or where ever I can ‘beg, borrow, or steal’.

Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Fall 2007.

Read this article in the original newspaper issue.

Original source: SD_Times2007_09.pdf, printed page(s) 7; PDF page(s) 7.