yes ---I too know Renata ...sad for funeral today..Arthur<BR><BR><B><I>summit-request@sna.providence.ri.us</I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Send Summit mailing list submissions to<BR>summit@sna.providence.ri.us<BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us<BR><BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>summit-request@sna.providence.ri.us<BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>summit-owner@sna.providence.ri.us<BR><BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of Summit digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR>1. Re: Traffic (John Bazik)<BR>2. Re: pedestrian hit & run accident Friday (John Landry)<BR>3. Re: Traffic (Bresler E)<BR>4. Fatal accident on Hope St. last Friday (Harrison, Mary)<BR>5.
referral requested (Richard Streitfeld)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:24:15 -0400<BR>From: jsb@cs.brown.edu (John Bazik)<BR>Subject: Re: [Summit] Traffic<BR>To: Neighborhood Association <SUMMIT@SNA.PROVIDENCE.RI.US><BR>Message-ID: <20070917042415.GD23761@cs.brown.edu><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii<BR><BR>On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:41:43PM -0400, Brian Sullivan wrote:<BR>> I just found these two articles on "shared space", which is what this<BR>> particular type of traffic engineering is called.<BR><BR>I believe that traffic calming and shared spaces are very different ideas.<BR>The basic intent is the same - to slow traffic and make roadways safer<BR>for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists by engineering the environment.<BR>But shared spaces are a newer and more radical approach.<BR><BR>Traffic calming makes motorists less comfortable by creating
real or<BR>psychological obstacles: bumps, curves, narrowing of roadways, "vertical<BR>friction" (trees, bollards, buildings, closing in from the sides).<BR>The idea is to slow traffic naturally without stopping it.<BR><BR>As I understand it, shared spaces slow traffic and force drivers to<BR>be more attentive by taking away the cues they rely on to navigate,<BR>including traffic signs and signals, and road striping and boundaries.<BR>Pedestrians, cyclists and autos share a continuous paved space and must<BR>negotiate passage with one another. With increased risk of accidents,<BR>the theory goes, comes increased caution.<BR><BR>For more on traffic calming, visit trafficcalming.org. Also, here's<BR>a really excellent site with lots of pictures:<BR><BR>http://www.pps.org/info/placemakingtools/casesforplaces/livememtraffic<BR><BR>To read about shared spaces, just google "Hans Monderman."<BR><BR>John<BR><BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>Date: Mon,
17 Sep 2007 05:44:39 -0400<BR>From: "John Landry" <JTLANDRY@VERIZON.NET><BR>Subject: Re: [Summit] pedestrian hit & run accident Friday<BR>To: "Neighborhood Association" <SUMMIT@SNA.PROVIDENCE.RI.US><BR>Message-ID: <00c001c7f90f$5e4c1aa0$2e01a8c0@Jcomp><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>Yes, this happened on Hope and Sixth, and unfortunately the man, a member of <BR>our congregation, died. -John Landry<BR><BR><BR>On 9/16/07, Hapfra@aol.com <HAPFRA@AOL.COM>wrote:<BR>HI---DID THIS HAPPEN ON HOPE STREET? I STRONGLY THINK IT IS HIGH TIME A <BR>GROUP IS FORMED TO CONFRONT THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT- MOR SOMEONE OF AUTHORITY <BR>OF JUST HOW DANGEROUS IT HAS BECOME TO CROSS ON HOPE STREET. I HAVE NOTICED <BR>MUCH SPEEDING, AND CARS DO NOT STOP TO LET YOU CROSS AT A CROSS WALK. <BR>PERSONALLY FROM JUST THE FEW YEARS I HAVE BEEN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD---I CAN <BR>JUST SEE HOPE STRRET BECOMING A DANGEROUS TO PLACE FOR THE PREDESTIANS TO <BR>WALK. I HAVE
EVEN BEEN TOLD THAT THE POLICE ARE AWARE OF THIS EVER GROWING <BR>PROBLEM. SO WHAT IS NEXT?<BR><BR>I SURE HOPE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IN THIS HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT IS OK--- <BR><BR>ANY COMMENTS OR THOUGHT ON THIS SITUATION?<BR><BR><BR><BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL: http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/pipermail/summit_sna.providence.ri.us/attachments/20070917/446e0de5/attachment-0001.html <BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 3<BR>Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:28:01 -0400<BR>From: "Bresler E" <BRESLERFAMILY@GMAIL.COM><BR>Subject: Re: [Summit] Traffic<BR>To: "Neighborhood Association" <SUMMIT@SNA.PROVIDENCE.RI.US><BR>Message-ID:<BR><D5595AB00709170528Y2DB37A33K37B68E55B60F0F81@MAIL.GMAIL.COM><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>As someone living on Hope Street, I do not see that these curb bump outs<BR>have worked, and they have been the cause of several major
accidents.<BR>Elianna<BR><BR>On 9/17/07, John Bazik <JSB@CS.BROWN.EDU>wrote:<BR>><BR>> On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:41:43PM -0400, Brian Sullivan wrote:<BR>> > I just found these two articles on "shared space", which is what this<BR>> > particular type of traffic engineering is called.<BR>><BR>> I believe that traffic calming and shared spaces are very different ideas.<BR>> The basic intent is the same - to slow traffic and make roadways safer<BR>> for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists by engineering the environment.<BR>> But shared spaces are a newer and more radical approach.<BR>><BR>> Traffic calming makes motorists less comfortable by creating real or<BR>> psychological obstacles: bumps, curves, narrowing of roadways, "vertical<BR>> friction" (trees, bollards, buildings, closing in from the sides).<BR>> The idea is to slow traffic naturally without stopping it.<BR>><BR>> As I understand it, shared spaces slow
traffic and force drivers to<BR>> be more attentive by taking away the cues they rely on to navigate,<BR>> including traffic signs and signals, and road striping and boundaries.<BR>> Pedestrians, cyclists and autos share a continuous paved space and must<BR>> negotiate passage with one another. With increased risk of accidents,<BR>> the theory goes, comes increased caution.<BR>><BR>> For more on traffic calming, visit trafficcalming.org. Also, here's<BR>> a really excellent site with lots of pictures:<BR>><BR>> http://www.pps.org/info/placemakingtools/casesforplaces/livememtraffic<BR>><BR>> To read about shared spaces, just google "Hans Monderman."<BR>><BR>> John<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Summit mailing list<BR>> Summit@sna.providence.ri.us<BR>><BR>> http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us<BR>> SNA Website:
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Street. The funeral is<BR>tomorrow, Tuesday at 1. This was very sad news to me because his wife<BR>Renate was a long-time colleague of mine at work and a very dear friend.<BR>Mary<BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL: http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/pipermail/summit_sna.providence.ri.us/attachments/20070917/b71b5144/attachment-0001.html <BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<BR>Name: not available<BR>Type: image/gif<BR>Size: 145 bytes<BR>Desc: Blank Bkgrd.gif<BR>Url : http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/pipermail/summit_sna.providence.ri.us/attachments/20070917/b71b5144/attachment-0001.gif <BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 5<BR>Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:52:56 -0400<BR>From: "Richard Streitfeld" <RICH@ALSCPA.COM><BR>Subject: [Summit] referral requested<BR>To:
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