Thanks to the 600 of You Who Signed the LBPC Petition
YOU DID IT!! Thank you to all of you who called, tweeted, and signed the petition. And huge thanks and congratulations to the Lawrenceville Bike and Pedestrian Committee.
Pittsburgh City Paper has covered the campaign in a blog post (featuring great quotes from LVBPC chair Will Bernstein).
Update (12:40 p.m.): We hope you’ll keep reading anyway, but in the 10 minutes between this blogh’s posting and this update, we got word from state Sen. Wayne Fontana that PennDOT will not be installing the rumble strip on Butler street after community dissatisfaction with the plan.PennDOT is considering installing a centerline rumble strip on Butler Street that could potentially run from 31st to 57th streets, basically the entire crowded portion of the very popular commercial district.A rumble strip is better known as a sleeper line and is designed to alert inattentive drivers that they are drifting into another lane. Rumble strips make a loud audible noise when driven over that is easily heard both inside and outside the car.
“It will drive residents and businesses crazy,” says Will Bernstein, president of Lawrenceville Bike and Pedestrian Committee (LBPC).
The members of LBPC just happened to stumble upon the plan for a rumble strip while perusing PennDOT’s weekly schedule and have since created a petition to stop the rumble strip from being installed. They have received around 560 signatures, including 30 local businesses.
See the full article on the City Paper website.
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