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A
A
If
city
council
is
unable
to
conduct
a
public
hearing
due
to
covet
19,
we
request
we
request
the
project
be
postponed
and
canceled
until
a
live
public
hearing
can
be
held.
This
petition
is
valid
in
accordance
with
the
home
rule
charter.
That
concludes
the
reading
of
legislation
up
for
discussion.
Thank
you
and
have
a
great.
B
B
C
We
got
one
bill:
618
petition
from
the
residents
of
the
city,
requesting
a
public
hearing
before
city
council
relative
to
a
plan
by
the
department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure
to
install
roundabouts
on
reynolds
street,
also
known
as
the
neighbor
way.
The
petition
is
valid
in
accordance
with
the
home
rule
charter.
B
Thank
you
for
the
record.
We
are
joined
today
by
council,
member,
deborah
gross
and
I'm
sure
other
members
will
be
joining
us
shortly.
I
do
want
to
also
mention
that
part
of
this
project
does
cut
through
reverend
councilman,
reverend
burgess's
district
and
he's
represented
today
by
sean
carter.
He
would
be
here
on
a
weekly
meeting
called
black
pittsburgh
matters
that
he's
attending
with
councilman
lavelle,
but
I've
been
assured
that
he
will
watch
the
youtube
video
of
this
later
and
we'll
register
all
the
comments.
B
B
B
This
is
there's
no
actual
legislation
that
needs
to
be
voted
on
relative
to
the
neighbor
way,
but
the
bill
there's
a
bill
number,
because
it's
attached
to
the
request
for
public
hearing,
so
just
wanted
to
clarify
that,
because
I
know
that
can
be
confusing
and
that's
a
little
bit
of
the
inside
baseball
here.
B
Relevant
department
to
be
able
to
say
a
few
words
and
make
a
clear
and
some
partner
organizations
will
be
we'll,
be
we'll
be
giving
a
brief
presentation
on
the
neighbor
way
and
related
traffic
calming
measures
throughout
the
city.
B
So
I'd
like
to
introduce
director
of
mobility
and
infrastructure,
domi
karina
ricks.
D
D
Let
me
get
this
going,
so
the
reynolds
neighbor
way
is
an
exciting
project.
We're
looking
forward
to
implementing
this
project
as
many
that
we
do
across
the
city
really
fits
into
the
overarching
goals
that
the
department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure
has
embraced
and
works
to
implement
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
first
and
foremost,
that
no
one
dies
traveling
on
our
city,
street
safety
is
and
will
always
be
our
number
one
priority.
D
We
also
seek
to
avoid
any
serious
injuries
for
those
that
are
traveling
around
our
city.
Rule
two
is
that
all
households
can
access
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables
within
20
minutes
travel
of
home
and
that
they
just
doesn't
require
a
private
automobile.
To
achieve
this
basic
human
right.
Well,
three
is
that
walking
and
bicycling
are
the
most
joyful
mode
of
travel,
especially
for
short
distance
trips.
We
define
these
trips
as
trips,
less
than
two
miles
in
distance
of
which
about
40
percent
of
those
trips
are
currently
driven
by
motor
vehicle
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
D
Fourth
goal
is
that
no
household
needs
to
spend
more
than
45
percent
of
household
income
for
basic
housing
and
basic
transportation
to
meet
those
critical
goals
of
critical
tasks
of
life
and,
finally,
that
our
streets
and
public
rights
of
way
reflect
the
values
of
our
community
and
that
we
are
a
community
that
values,
inclusion,
equity,
neighborliness
and
the
people
of
our
city
and
the
pride
that
we
have
we've
recently
completed
what
we
call
the
the
bike
plus
master
plan.
This
was
a
five
year
long
project
in
development.
D
It
followed
on
the
heels
of
our
last
10-year
plan
that
actually
expired
10
years
ago.
In
the
course
of
developing
this
plan,
we
engaged
over
750
unique
persons
and
they
provided
in
turn
over
1500
discrete
comments
on
the
map.
That's
up
on
the
screen
now.
This
is
in
response
to
the
need
to
really
accommodate
these
other
modes
of
alternative
travel.
D
This
plan
does
propose
123
miles
of
on-street
facilities
and
just
to
put
that
in
context,
we
do
have
over
1200
miles
of
city
streets
overall
across
the
city,
so
about
1
in
10
might
be
purposely
designed
to
accommodate
persons
traveling
on
bicycles,
and
we
do
talk
about
bike
pluses.
This
reflects
emerging
mobility
demands,
as
we
see
new,
lighter
mobility
devices
such
as
skateboards
and
scooters
and
e-scooters
and
other
kinds
of
similar
devices.
D
We
know
and
there's
been
extensive
research
done
across
the
country
that
the
majority
of
people
really
would
classify
themselves
as
being
interested
but
concerned
about
using
bicycle
as
a
mode
of
travel
in
an
urban
environment.
So
research
says
there's
somewhere
between
51
to
56
percent
of
people
that
would
categorize
themselves.
D
This
way,
far
fewer
percentages
would
call
themselves
somewhat
confident
or
highly
confident,
using
a
bicycle
as
a
mode
of
travel
on
an
urban
street.
These
interested
but
concerned
users
are
often
not
comfortable
traveling
in
conventional
bike
lanes
with
adjacent
traffic.
They
are
shy
of
that
adjacent
traffic
and
feel
generally
threatened
by
it,
regardless
of
speeds
they
prefer
to
be
on
protected
or
separated
facilities
or
quiet
or
residential
streets.
D
These
are
users
that
will
ride
on
sidewalks
and
do
ride
on
sidewalks.
If
no
comfortable
facility
is
provided
I'll,
remind
people
that
riding
on
sidewalks
is
permissible
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
in
residential
areas,
it
is
imper.
It
is
not
permissible
in
commercial
areas
of
the
city.
Nonetheless,
we
do
prayers
high
sidewalks
for
pedestrians
and
would
like
to
provide
that
accommodation
for
them
to
the
extent
possible.
This
does
leave
28
to
40
percent
of
people
that
we
would
kind
of
categorize
as
the
no
way
know-how
users.
D
D
D
So
these
would
fall
into
the
category
of
protected
bicycle
lanes
where
we
do
have
the
space
to
accommodate
that
multi-use
pathways,
where
we
can
do
that
through
some
of
our
wonderful
parks
and
waterfronts
and
neighborways
that
are
these
lower
residential
streets
that
have
lower
volumes
of
traffic
and
generally
lower
travel
speeds.
These
are
lower
stress
facilities.
Those
on
the
left
generally
are
considered
to
be
higher
stress
facilities
which
those
more
vulnerable
interested
but
concerned
users
would
tend
to
shy
away
from
and
that
would
discourage
use
of
these
more
sustainable,
affordable
modes
of
travel.
D
So
we
getting
to
the
reynolds
neighbor
way.
You
know.
One
of
the
questions
is:
why
did
the
bike
plus
plan
identify
reynolds
as
being
a
quarter
for
this
again?
D
That's
in
part
from
the
results
of
the
750
participants
that
gave
their
input
into
the
five-year
development
of
this
plan,
but
really
identified
this
as
being
that
critical,
east-west
connection
in
this
larger
network
that
links
together
a
number
of
existing
facilities
that
we
have
that
provides
great
access
to
green
spaces,
schools,
employment,
commercial
destinations
and
others,
and
this
was
the
one
route
that
provided
that
continuous
connection
and
was
of
a
naturally
lower
stress
character.
So
why
did
we
choose
a
neighbor
way
instead
of
one
of
the
alternative
designs
for
low
stress,
bicycle
accommodation?
D
That's
because
this
was
appropriate
to
the
context.
Reynolds
street
is
a
residential
street.
By
and
large
there
are
some
commercial
areas
along
it.
It
is
a
place
where
we
wanted
to
manage
traffic
volumes,
manage
vehicle
speeds,
but
really
didn't
want
to
impact
parking
which
might
result
from
that
reallocation
of
street
space
for
bike
facilities
designated
bike
facilities.
D
D
We
did
identify
that
there
was
a
need
for
counter
measures
reynolds
street
by
itself,
as
it
exists
today
really
did
not
pass
that
threshold
of
being
a
low
stress
route
for
those
more
vulnerable
users,
because
although
it
has
a
posted
speed
of
25
miles
per
hour,
data
collection
on
the
corridor
indicated
that
more
than
50
percent
of
the
motorists
on
this
residential
low-speed
street
exceeded
that
posted
speed
limit.
D
D
Most
of
the
corridor
was
at
that
lower
range
of
about
3
000
vehicles
per
day,
but,
as
we
sort
of
saw
the
corridor
progress
closer
to
beechwood
boulevard,
then
we'd
see
higher
volumes
of
traffic
up
to
80
000
vehicles
a
day.
D
While
it's
not
a
high
crash
corridor,
we
did
see
an
incidence
of
crashes
that
couldn't
be
dismissed
on
the
quarter,
so
30
crashes
in
the
last
15
years.
Important
to
note
is
that
half
of
those
crashes
resulted
in
injury
which,
again
for
a
low-speed
residential
street,
is
more
than
we
might
expect
to
see
and
about
a
third
of
those
crashes
involved,
a
pedestrian
or
a
bicyclist,
and
that
was
roughly
in
equal
proportions
of
those
crashes
involving
a
pedestrian
or
those
crashes
involving
a
bicyclist.
D
So
we
came
in
light
of
all
of
this,
the
plan,
the
desire
to
to
have
these
improvements,
and
we
brought
forth
an
initial
concept
for
the
reynolds
neighbor
way
and
this
concept
involved
four
new
landscaped
mini
circles,
one
at
gettysburg,
another
at
mertland,
another
at
south
lane
and
another
south
lyndon
avenue,
and
these
many
circles
would
operate
in
yield
operations.
D
We'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
what
many
circles
are
in
a
second,
a
series
of
public
engagements
were
held
starting
in
february
20
february
25th
2020,
when
we
met
in
person
back
in
the
day
to
finalize
the
draft
master
plan
on
some
additional
meetings
with
the
point:
breeze
organization,
public
meetings,
stakeholder
meetings
and
now
it's
bringing
us
today
to
the
city
council
hearing.
So
a
number
of
different
engagements
that
really
led
us
to
make
a
number
of
different
changes
to
that
proposed
initial
concept.
D
So,
instead
of
having
four
landscape
too
many
circles,
we
reduce
that
just
to
three
converting
the
proposed
mini
circle
at
gettysburg
to
bump
outs.
Instead
of
a
mini
circle
at
that
location,
one
of
the
three
remaining
mini
circles
was
designed
to
have
a
hardscaped
center
to
it
rather
than
the
landscape,
and
this
would
facilitate
operations
of
the
neighborhood
crossing
guards
that
that
were
there
in
response
to
feedback
that
we
got
from
people
with
disabilities.
D
We've
made
the
determination
to
maintain
stop
control
operations
at
these
intersections,
rather
than
the
yield
control
that
was
initially
proposed,
and
we've
upgraded
all
of
the
pedestrian
crossings
to
be
high
visibility,
non-slip
crossings
at
all
pedestrian
locations,
so
just
showing
some
general
designs
of
what
these
might
look
like
at
the
different
intersections,
gettysburg,
linden,
merlinda
and
lang,
you
can
see
gettysburg,
then
the
image
at
the
lower
left
has
the
bump
outs
with
the
planters.
D
Linden
and
mertland
would
both
benefit
from
landscaped
many
circles
which,
in
other
communities,
are
really
a
source
of
pride
and
beauty
for
those
communities
and
then
at
south
lane.
This
would
be
a
hardscaped
many
circles
still
having
those
benefits
of
traffic
calming
and
safety,
but
allowing
better
operations
for
the
school
crossing
guards
a
little
bit
of
distinction.
Even
the
title
of
the
bill
for
this
public
hearing
is
a
little
bit
misleading.
These
are
mini
circles.
D
These
are
not
traffic
roundabouts
and
there
are
some
really
important
distinctions
between
the
two
so
that
we're
using
the
right
terminology.
Many
circles
are
generally
very
compact,
they're
sort
of
8
to
20
20
feet
in
diameter,
depending
on
the
existing
geometry
of
the
intersection
they
do
fit
within
the
existing
geometry
of
the
intersection.
Without
changing
the
curb
lines,
they
generally
feature
a
mountable
traffic
island
in
the
middle
they're
used
on
minor
streets
and
generally
they
serve
as
an
alternative
to
two
or
four-way
stop-controlled.
D
Intersections
most
of
the
traffic
travels
around
the
circle,
however,
emergency
and
large
vehicles
can
make
left
turns
in
front
of
the
circle
or
actually
mount
right
over
the
top
of
the
circle.
Again
it
has
mountable
curves
on
it.
The
pedestrian
line
of
travel
is
maintained
as
they
exist
today
and,
as
we
said,
they
may
be
stopped
or
yield
control.
They
may
be
landscaped
or
hardscaped.
Traffic
roundabouts
and
contrasts
are
generally
larger,
so
these
are
typically
in
excess
of
about
30
feet
in
diameter.
D
They're
typically
used
on
higher
order,
streets,
arterial
or
collector
streets,
they
generally
replace
where
you
have
an
signalized
intersection,
because
they
are
able
to
process
more
traffic
than
the
signalized
intersection
about
30
percent.
More
crosswalks
are
generally
pulled
back,
and
so
the
pedestrian
line
of
travel
is
diverted.
D
They
have
splitter
islands,
they're
typically
yield
controlled
operations
and
generally
because
they're
larger
they're,
they
are
often
landscaped
there.
So
just
the
the
distinction.
We
are
talking
about
many
traffic
circles
in
this
instance
not
traffic
roundabouts,
and
so,
as
you
see,
research
out
there,
most
of
the
research
that
is
there
involves
roundabouts,
not
the
mini
circles.
D
We
did
do
a
number
of
tests
on
the
pilot
intersections
that
we've
established
on
euclid
street,
which
is
a
similar
neighbor
way
and
have
conducted
a
significant
amount
of
research
and
looked
at
best
practices
across
the
country.
You
can
see
here.
The
delay
that
often
is
is
impacting
emergency
vehicle
services
of
different
countermeasures
for
traffic
calming.
D
So
many
circles
are
on
the
lower
end
of
that
not
introducing
much
delay
at
all
and,
in
some
respects,
facilitating
emergency
vehicle
access,
because
it's
able
to
process
traffic
a
little
bit
better.
Curb
extensions
as
well
are
able
to
organize
the
the
space
better
and
facilitate
that
emergency
vehicle
access
gets
you
on
the
on
the
other
side,
speed,
humps
and
stop
signs
tend
to
have
more
of
an
impact
on
that
access,
and
then
you
know
also
really
important
beyond
the
emergency
vehicle
impacts
or
non-impacts.
D
The
benefits
that
are
yielding
to
them
is
the
overall
goal
that
we
have
here
of
safety.
Again,
that's
our
number
one
goal,
and
so
some
important
statistics
to
keep
in
mind
is
that
our
target
speed
for
this
is
to
really
keep
that
down
to
to
about
20
miles
per
hour.
The
legal
speed
limit
is
25
miles
per
hour,
but
again
where
police
can
enforce
speeds
is
10
miles
over
the
posted
speed
limit.
So
you
can
see
the
odds
of
death
for
pedestrian
at
those
lower
rates
of
speed.
D
20
miles
per
hour
is
just
18,
so
very
comparatively
low
odds
of
fatality
on
a
corridor
like
that
compared
to
64
percent,
where
two-thirds
of
pedestrian
crashes
would
result
in
death
at
what
we
would
consider.
A
many
would
consider
a
modest
rate
of
speed
of
just
35
miles
per
hour.
Many
circles
have
a
demonstrated
effect
of
reducing
traffic
speeds
to
four
to
six
miles
per
hour.
So
if
we
have
a
25
mile
per
hour
quarter,
we
would
get
down
into
that
20
mile
per
hour
goal
when
they're
used
in
succession
along
a
corridor.
D
All
ages
and
abilities
bicycle
travel
here
we
have
heard
a
lot
of
feedback
from
persons
with
disabilities,
especially
with
regard
to
the
pilot,
many
circles
that
are
out
on
euclid,
but
obviously
that
carries
important
context
for
these
many
circles
on
reynolds
as
well,
and
so
in
response
to
those
very
legitimate
concerns
and
advice
and
feedback
that
we
received
from
many
aspects
of
the
community,
we
will
retain
stop
controls
at
all,
stop
controlled
locations.
So
again,
initially
they
were
proposed
as
yield.
We
will
retain
that
stop
controls.
D
D
The
stop
use
of
the
stop
will
slow
and
stop
both
vehicles
and
bicycles
at
these
intersections
and
so
again
facilitating
movement
of
pedestrians,
and
we've
done
this
in
consultation
with
by
inviting
a
a
local
focus
group
that
represented
persons
with
disabilities.
D
We
have
consulted
with
the
city
county
task
force
on
disabilities,
subsequent
to
the
pilot
installation,
and
we
have
engaged
a
national
ada
design
advisor
for
all
of
these
neighborway
projects
now
and
we'll
continue
to
monitor,
assess
report
and
improve
on
these
and
all
traffic
interventions
that
we
do
of
all
natures
across
the
city.
So
appreciate
the
time
to
give
that
sort
of
context.
More
information
is
on
that
website
and
looking
forward
to
seeing
what
the
comments
are
and
answering
any
further
questions
that
there
might
be.
B
Thank
you,
director,
ricks.
We
will
now
move
to
testimony
from
registered
speakers.
I
ask
that
you
please
give
your
name
and
neighborhood
for
the
public
record.
Each
speaker
will
have
three
minutes
to
address
counsel
and
I
will
I
will
announce
who
is
up
on
deck.
Our
first
speaker
is
grant
bacharach,
followed
by
lawrence
gerson.
E
Okay,
so
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
that
was
more
information
than
we
that's
a
lot
of
the
information
we
were
looking
for
from
katrina
ricks.
E
We
were
very
concerned
about
safety
and
the
she's.
She
gave
a
lot
more
information
that
that
we
that
we
haven't
had
over
the
last
six
months
and
a
lot
of
the
neighborhood
dissent
was
due
to
the
fact
that
there
was
no
information
really
being
given
to
us,
and
the
information
that
was
given
to
us
had
been
changing
so
often
because
it
was
I'm
not
gonna
lie.
This
was
very
mismanaged.
E
E
Now
that
you've
clarified
a
lot
katrina.
My
original
descent
isn't
completely
there
anymore.
I'm
not
gonna
lie.
I
don't
love
the
plan.
I
don't
think
it's
gonna
look
very
good
in
a
few
months,
but
I
I
don't
have
the
original
descent,
because
you're
leaving
in
the
stop
signs.
I
will,
however,
contend
that
the
stop
signs
have
not
stopped
bikers
from
slowing
down
or
stopping,
and
that
has
become
a
concern
for
a
lot
of
people.
E
Just
in
the
last
two
weeks,
I've
almost
been
hit
by
bikers
twice
in
crosswalks
in
point
breeze,
and
they
they,
if
you
go
down,
if
you
see
reynolds
2
reynolds
to
hastings,
the
bikers,
never
stop
going
down
that
hill
ever
and
it's
a
it's
a
very
big
concern,
especially
for
people
coming
out
of
the
restaurants
there,
the
the
fact
that
we
were
just
supposed
to
blindly
support
this
has
caused
a
lot
of
problems
in
the
neighborhood.
I've
been
threatened.
E
I've
been
called
a
pervert
because
I
was
against
this
project
from
the
beginning,
because
I
assumed
that
it
was
going
to
cause
major
traffic
problems
on
reynolds
that
were
then
going
to
be
moved
up
to
edgerton
and
willard,
where
kids
are
playing
on
the
streets.
So
I
mean
this
is
still
a
neighbor
where
kids
are
on
the
street
all
the
time.
E
A
lot
of
those
concerns
are
gone
now
that
you're
leaving
in
the
stop
signs.
I
don't
love
that
that
I
do
some
studies
that
I
did
look
up.
That
did
include
mini
circles
that
included
the
visit.
What
I
think
it's
the
cone
of
vision
that
they
talk
about
in
these,
and
I
know
that
that's
roundabouts,
but
it
does
include
mini
circles,
especially
the
center
for
transportation
and
engineering
from
canada,
and
they
do
suggest
that
larger
vehicles
turning
in
front
of
circle
in
the
front
of
circles,.
B
F
Hi,
my
name
is
larry
gerson.
I
am
a
70-year
resident
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
I
currently
live
in
point
breeze.
I've
owned
a
business
on
rental
street
for
40
years,
I'm
the
past
president
and
current
board,
member
of
the
point
breeze
organization
and
I'm
the
old
guy
that
rides
the
bike
on
reynolds
street.
F
These
are
my
personal
feelings
and
not
anything
official
from
the
point
breeze
organization.
So
what
I
wanted
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
is
the
good,
the
bad
and
the
ugly.
So
the
good
is
that
you're
leaving
the
stop
signs,
and
that
is
not
what
they
told
us
at
the
last
meeting
and
that
was
the
biggest
bone
of
contention
everybody.
Everybody
wants
safe
streets
and
safe
driving.
F
I
got
to
thank
ricardo
for
getting
together
the
point,
breeze
organization
and
the
merchants
on
reynolds,
but
that
would
have
never
happened
if
I
didn't
call
ricardo
and
insist
on
it.
Elise
gonnauer
was
just
absolutely
wonderful.
She
met
with
me
privately
to
discuss
the
scope
of
the
street
design,
because
many
of
us
merchants
were
concerned
about
the
loss
of
parking
which
the
circle
definitely
would
have
done.
F
Beth
hazlett
was
just
unbelievably
accommodating
to
get
us
information
about
what
this
project
all
was
because
at
the
first
meeting
it
was
very
really
vague
and
she
sent
us
information,
but
it
took
a
month.
It
took
a
month
to
find
out
what
happens
at
hastings
streets.
What
enhanced
street
design
was
at
hastings
street.
So
the
the
other
thing
that's
wonderful
is
the
crosswalk
at
beechwood
and
melon
park,
which
is
a
big
big
danger
area,
and
that
has
now
not
barriers
but
markers
in
the
street.
That
slows
traffic
and
it's
it.
F
It
really
makes
it
easier
for
us-
and
I
also
have
to
thank
council
all
the
council
people
for
attending
today,
but
especially
council
women,
strausberger
and
her
staff,
because
they're
always
willing
to
to
meet
with
us.
So
if
I
can
just
take
a
minute
to
talk
about
the
bad,
the
communications
on
this
whole
project
were
absolutely
terrible.
Absolutely
terrible.
The
original
meeting
was
called
with
20
48
hours
notice.
F
And
then,
if
you
wanted
to
make
a
contact
to
them,
they
had
the
wrong
email
listed.
If
you
wanted
to
make
a
contact,
the
meeting
was
really
vague
and
it
did
it
took
a
month
for
us
to
get
more
information.
G
F
Just
today
we're
finding
out
that
you're
leaving
the
stop
signs,
which
was
not
what
they
said
at
the
very
last
meeting
that
they
said
was
the
last
meeting
before
this
thing
was
going
to
be
built.
So
you
know
it's,
it's
frustrating
this.
The
whole
thing
has
been
an
exercise
in
frustration
and
what
it
did
on
next
door
created
a
lot
of
conflict
between
the
neighbors
and
the
businesses
and
the
neighbors
between
each
other
and
the
businesses.
H
Okay,
how
are
you
doing
today?
My
name
is
william
parker
and
I'm
the
ceo
of
vinspin.
I
just
wanted
to
continue
a
comment
from
earlier
today
and
I
just
wanted
to
this
message
basically
for
corey
connor.
I
just
wanted
to
know
which,
who
has
he
spoken
with
in
the
black
tech
community,
to
get
their
input
regarding
the
facial
recognition
bill
that
he
proposes.
H
I
think
it's
important
that
we
get
people
from
our
community
involved
with
these
decisions,
and
I
do
feel
that
there
is
a
need
for
certain
surveillance
in
our
communities
that
are
most
hit
by
high
violent
crime
offenses.
So
I
don't
think
a
complete
removal
is
the
answer.
H
I
just
think
that
we
need
to
focus
on
which
software
that
we
should
choose
moving
forward,
and
I
think
that
we
should
be
a
part
of
creating
that
software
people
in
the
tech
industry
here,
especially
african
americans,
so
I
just
wanted
to
get
this
in
before
next
tuesday's
vote
on
that
on
that
issue
on
that
bill,
I
just
want
you
all
to
ask
yourself
who
have
you
all
spoke
with
in
a
black
tech
community
to
get
their
input
on
the
surveillance
issue,
because,
if
you
haven't
spoke
with
any
anyone,
I
can't
see
how
you
all
could
just
speak
on
our
behalf
and
just
basically
tell
us
what's
what
we
need
or
what
we
don't
need
so
again,
I'll,
follow
up
and
I'll
join
you
guys
next
tuesday
or
next
wednesday,
as
that
bill
was
brought
back
up.
H
But
before
then
I
hope
someone,
someone
is
able
to
connect
with
someone
in
a
black
tech
industry
here
in
pittsburgh
and
get
their
input
on
the
pros
and
cons
of
that
facial
recognition
bill
that
he
proposes.
That's
all.
J
My
name
is
chuck
pegger
and
I'm
a
resident
of
point
breeze.
I've
been
a
resident
for
the
last
21
years.
I
don't
want
to
repeat
what
other
speakers
said,
but
I
will
add
to
it.
The
notification
process
has
been
horrible
by
the
time
people
in
our
neighborhood
and
speaking
to
our
neighborhoods,
learn
anything.
This
project
was
well
underway.
J
In
fact,
I
feel
like
this
speaking
now.
Is
it's
already
a
done
deal?
The
only
thing
we
received
from
this
city
was
a
card
in
the
mail
that
the
residents
received
saying
on
the
end
at
the
end
of
august,
beginning
of
september,
the
the
construction
would
begin.
I
assume
that's
been
postponed,
but
my
point
is:
the
communication
is
horrible.
Also
I'm
very
concerned
about
this
project
and
others.
The
influence
of
like
pittsburgh
has
on
the
they
don't
speak
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
J
The
residents
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh
karina
ricks
knows
almost
every
one
of
those
people
by
name
as
the
gentleman
started
this
meeting
she
knew
every
one
of
them.
Let's
try
to
get
involved
with
the
residents,
not
just
special
interest
groups
that
have
a
stated
agenda
of
promoting
bikes.
If
you,
and
if
the
concern
of
the
city
really
is
safety,
which
I
agree
with,
there's
two
accidents
a
year
on
reynold
street,
but
you
know
what
what's
going
to
happen
is
right.
J
J
I
agree
that
people
speed
along
there
and
that
people
run
through
stop
signs,
but
it's
not
just
vehicles,
it's
bikes,
too,
there's
no
enforcement
being
done.
And,
finally,
in
conclusion,
I
would
say
just
in
full
disclosure:
I'm
not
a
speed.
Racer
I've
had
two
fender
benders
and
50
years
of
driving
and
one
speeding
ticket.
So
I'm
not
speeding
around
the
city
streets
and
I'm
a
lifelong
pittsburgher,
but
it
is
unacceptable.
The
lack
of
communication
and
to
look
only
at
the
motorists
and
blame
them
for
these
accidents.
We
all
bear
responsibility
for
safety.
Thank
you.
K
K
I'm
also
the
executive
director
of
bike
pittsburgh,
one
of
the
partners
on
the
initiative
to
implement
the
city's
recently
published
bike
plus
plan
and
aims
to
create
a
citywide,
safe
bicycle
network
bike.
Pittsburgh
is
an
18
year
old
bike
and
pedestrian
advocacy
organization
with
roughly
3
500
members,
more
than
150
of
whom
live
in
point
breeze.
K
There
are
lots
of
tools,
engineers
use
to
develop
a
neighbor
way.
Speed,
humps,
raised
crosswalks,
lower
advisory,
speed
limits,
curb
bump
outs,
chicanes
traffic,
diverters
and
traffic
circles.
In
the
case
of
reynold
street,
the
city
traffic
engineers
have
used
their
judgment
to
determine
that
traffic
circles
are
the
appropriate
tool
that
would
help
make
the
streets
safer
and
less
stressful
for
bicyclists
pedestrians
and
people
who
live
in
the
neighborhood,
especially
along
reynolds.
K
I
won't
get
into
the
proven
safety
outcomes
of
traffic
circles,
which
are
well
documented
and
in
use
nationwide,
including
in
seattle,
where
more
than
1200
have
been
installed.
What
I
will
delve
into
is
why
neighborways
and
other
street
enhancements
are
desperately
needed
to
enhance
connectivity
to
everything
the
city
has
to
offer
number
one,
of
course,
is
safety.
Cars
and
trucks
are
getting
bigger
and
people
are
driving
them
faster.
K
K
The
environment,
transportation
and
missions
comprise
about
a
third
of
our
climate
change
emissions
and
a
significant
source
of
health,
harming
pollution
with
one
of
the
worst
rankings
on
air
quality
in
the
nation
and
a
climate
emergency.
We
only
have
10
years
to
get
ahead
of.
We
need
all
the
above
approach
in
order
to
address
the
issues,
including
getting
many
more
people
riding
bikes
health
people
of
all
ages
are
less
active
than
we
used
to
be
days
ago.
A
big
reason
for
this
is
the
built
environment.
K
Our
streets
do
not
feel
safe
enough
for
the
majority
of
people
to
try
to
get
around
or
exercise
by
foot
and
by
bike.
This
particular
neighbor
way
will
act
as
part
of
a
network
that
serves
to
connect
multiple
neighborhoods
to
two
major
parks
in
the
east
end.
We
at
bike
pittsburgh
have
seen
firsthand
domey's
commitment
and
professionalism
in
addressing
legitimate
concerns
about
street
designs
and
operations.
They
are
committed
to
their
goals
and
making
sure
good
ideas
are
incorporated
into
projects
before
construction.
L
Hi,
my
name
is
marty
seltman
and
I
live
on
the
current
traffic
circle
at
reynolds
and
homewood,
and
have
been
here
for
over
30
years,
and
I'm
very
much
in
support
of
the
city's
proposed
naval
way
on
reynolds.
L
I
regularly
bike
on
this
street
to
get
to
squirrel
hill
oakland
shadyside,
east
liberty
and
downtown,
while
it
is
certainly
not
the
most
dangerous
street
that
I
bike
on.
I
have
seen
cars
driving
too
fast
and
going
through
stop
signs
and,
as
you
said,
there's
been
a
number
of
accidents
on
our
street
over
the
past
several
years.
I
applaud
this
well
thought
out
approach
to
traffic
traffic
calming
and
encouraging
more
folks
to
bike
and
walk
with
confidence
in
our
neighborhood
and
in
our
city.
M
Great
thanks,
you
have
to
push
the
magic
button
to
get
on,
so
I've
been
commuting
by
bicycle
from
point
breeze
into
oakland
and
squirrel
hill
and
east
liberty
since
1979,
so
larry
may
be
older
than
me,
but
I've
been
doing
it
for
a
while,
and
reynolds
is
really
one
of
the
easiest
streets
to
ride
on
I
mean
compared
to
wilkins
or
some
of
the
others
where
you've
now
put
bike
lanes
in
it's
a
breeze.
M
I
really
appreciate,
I
think,
domi
and
and
move
forward
are
working
hard
to
do
what
they
believe
is
the
right
thing,
I'm
not
quite
sure
their
agenda
always
lines
up
with
the
neighborhood,
but
I,
like
the
others,
really
appreciate
you
leaving
the
stop
signs
in,
because
to
me,
a
traffic
circle
with
a
yield
is
just
an
excuse
for
a
finger-pointing
accident.
Whereas
stop
signs,
everybody
knows
their
job
is
to
stop
and
look
so
I
that's
a
big
improvement
and
that
really
is
brand
new.
M
So
I
appreciate
that
one
of
the
interesting
things,
though,
is
I
did
an
experiment.
I
drove
through
the
traffic
circle
at
north
euclid
and
carroll
hill,
and
I
did
it
three
times
and
the
only
thing
that
kept
my
speed
down
was.
I
only
had
one
block
from
a
stop
sign
to
go
through
the
the
circle
fast,
and
I
got
my
dodge
caravan
up
to
25
without
any
trouble.
M
You
know
going
through
the
circle,
so
those
circles
that
at
least
that
circle
didn't
slow
me
down
really
at
all,
and
the
other
concern
I
have
is
you
say:
well,
you
want
people
to
go
20,
but
the
speed
limit
is
25.
Well,
please,
I
know
in
california
where
my
kids
live.
They
put
speed,
humps
up
that
go
15,
but
the
street
is
marked
for
25,
and
that
seems
really
annoying
that
you're.
You
know.
Wait
just
allow
us
to
go
the
speed
limit
if,
if
that's
the
speed
limit
please.
M
Finally,
the
other
thing
that
I
I
take
a
little
bit
of
issue
with
is
the
map
of
accidents.
When
you
look
at
the
accidents
at
the
intersection
that
you're
talking
about
you're
only
addressing
one
out
of,
however
many
accidents,
there
were-
and
there
actually
were
four
of
those
accidents
at
already
existing
traffic
circle.
So
I
don't
think
it's
actually
valid
to
say
the
traffic
circles
are
an
improvement
because
they're
right
in
our
neighborhood,
the
the
data,
argues
against
it.
So
I
appreciate
you
leaving
stop
signs
in
that's
a
great
thing.
M
I
don't
think
you
need
traffic
circles.
I
think
that
the
stop
signs
is
sufficient.
I
especially
would
ask
you
to
reconsider
the
one
coming
up
reynolds
from
hastings
at
linden,
because
you're
coming
up
that
hill
and
giving
the
driver
anything
more
confusing.
You
know
a
traffic
circle
and
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
go
coming
up
that
hill.
Think
about
in
the
winter,
where
you're
trying
to
decide
can
I
stop
and
not
slide
backwards,
and
some
things
like
that.
So
please
reconsider,
maybe
save
a
circle
and
don't
put
it
there.
M
The
proposal-
I'd
really
like
to
suggest
is
just
put
one
circle
in
at
say:
reynolds
and
south
mertland
and
put
a
camera
there
and
at
reynolds
and
lang
and
just
watch
it
for
a
whole
year
in
the
winter
watch.
The
snow
plow
watch
the
garbage
trucks
and
see
what
really
happens,
and
if
it's
not
a
problem,
then
you
can
add
some
more
traffic
circles,
but
I
think
you're
going
to
find
that
in
this
street
and
in
the
the
weather
of
pittsburgh
and
stuff,
seattle
and
california,
you
know
it
doesn't
snow
there.
M
We
don't
have
the
same
challenges
so
so
I
appreciate
all
the
changes
you've
made,
and
that
makes
good
sense
and
I
could
live
with
what
you're
doing
now,
but
I
still
don't
think
it's
best.
I
would
do
a
one
year,
full
camera
experiment,
if,
if
I
had
my
way
or
work
king
or
queen
for
the
day,
thank
you.
N
Hi,
my
name
is
leah,
nicholas
henkin
and
I'm
a
resident
of
shadyside,
I'm
here
today
representing
shadyside
complete
streets,
a
community
group
which
advocates
for
street
safety
and
accessibility
for
pedestrians
and
bicyclists
in
our
neighborhood
and
larger
community.
When
we
learned
about
this
meeting,
our
group
put
together
a
petition
to
support
the
project
which
we've
sent
to
council
person
strasburger.
N
In
only
four
days,
we
gathered
59
signatures,
primarily
from
residents
of
district
8
and
also
from
surrounding
neighborhoods.
Many
of
these
people
included
personal
anecdotes,
talking
about
how
they
use
reynolds
for
commuting
for
recreation
and
to
take
their
kids
out
biking
but
often
feel
safe
because
of
aggressive
driving.
N
N
I
often
ride
on
reynolds
to
get
around
the
neighborhood
and
as
a
confident
or
maybe
overconfident
city
cyclist.
I
find
it
to
be
a
decent
street
to
bike
on.
However,
when
I
think
about
trying
to
bring
my
friends
out
biking
with
me,
I
generally
just
don't
bother,
because
I
know
that
they
would
find
it
to
be
a
scary
experience
when
the
new
neighbor
way
is
built
on
reynolds.
I
hope
I'll
be
able
to
bring
my
friends
there
to
enjoy
it
with
me.
N
I
imagine
outings,
where
we
go
for
a
walk
and
frick
park
and
on
the
way
back,
stop
along
reynolds
for
lunch
or
a
coffee.
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
day
when
I
can
bike
across
the
whole
city
without
feeling
threatened
or
defensive
and
reynolds
street
will
be
an
important
part
of
that
path.
Thank
you.
O
Hello,
I'm
andrew
bloomgarden,
a
homeowner
and
a
six-year
resident
of
shadyside
for
the
entire
time
I've
lived
in
pittsburgh.
I
haven't
done
the
car
getting
around
on
my
two
feet.
My
bike
and
transit
reynolds
has
been
and
continues
to
be,
a
frequent
street
for
me
walking
and
biking
both
I
was
a
patient
of
dr
offerman's
in
the
business
district
until
he
retired.
I
went
to
make
your
mark
and
now
go
to
common
place.
I
go
to
the
brick
museum
to
brick.
O
O
This
is
routine
on
reynolds
and
on
ellsworth,
both
by
contrast,
while
backing
the
other
day
on
the
new
north
euclid
neighborhood
in
east
liberty
highland
park,
a
driver
was
annoyed
that
I
was
in
their
way
on
the
street
rather
than
being
able
to
aggressively
pass
me.
Their
circles
made
it
a
safe
interaction.
I
was
able
to
get
where
I
was
going
and
they
were
as
well,
albeit
with
the
delay
of
a
few
seconds.
The
techniques
used
on
north
euclid
and
proposed
for
reynolds
are
in
use
around
the
country
and
the
world.
O
O
Six
years
ago,
I
lived
in
portland
where
the
neighborhood
greenway
network
made
it
safe
and
easy
to
bike
around
much
of
the
city.
Pittsburgh
pittsburgh's
downtown
bike
network
is
actually
getting
to
be
better
than
portland's
once
then,
but
the
missing
piece
still
is
the
connected
network
of
lanes
paths
and
neighbor
ways
that
allow
folks
to
get
there
and
around
the
rest
of
the
city.
I'm
thankful
that
nomi
and
its
partners
are
planning
as
much
as
they
are,
and
I
hope
that
they
are
able
to
build
out
this
and
the
fault
light
plus
network.
Thank
you.
P
Hello,
hello:
this
is
jason
mccullough,
so
I
live
on
south
martin
street
off
of
reynolds
a
block
and
a
half
away
three
doors
down
from
the
intersection
of
wilder
street.
So
I
am
strongly
in
support
of
the
naval
way
project.
Overall,
I
do
agree
with
many
of
the
people
who
I
had
thought
were
against
it
originally
that
a
lot
of
communication
issues
have
led
to
a
lot
of
angst
amongst
our
community
amongst
each
other.
That
could
have
been
resolved,
but
I
realized
it's
a
process.
P
The
stop
signs
were
not
part
of
it
and
now
they
are
and
the
process
did
improve
things,
but
I
would
say
so.
I
very
much
get
the
neighbor
way
project
the
connect
pittsburgh
project,
I'm
completely
for
that.
I
bike
every
single
neighborhood
of
pittsburgh,
and
but
I
would
also
look
at
safety
elsewhere.
P
A
lot
of
people
use
wilder
street
and
I
would,
from
my
own
personal
observation,
say:
willer
street
is
much
more,
has
much
more
speeding
violations
and
certainly
stop
sign
violations
than
does
reynolds
and
a
lot
of
cyclists
use
that,
as
you
come
straight
off,
wilkins
and
and
cut
through
to
come
down.
Merlin
lloyd
or
lying
to
get
to
brick
or
other
parts
of
point
breeze,
so
I
would
look
at
extending
the
safety
throughout
it
either
through
speed,
humps
or
even
a
circle
at
martin
willard.
P
I
also
want
to
say
also
general
safety
outside
of
this
project
in
pittsburgh
seems
to
be
going
backwards
and
I'm
not
talking
about
city
planning,
I'm
talking
about
individual
behavior
and
I've
just
noticed
this
about
july.
These
last
couple
of
months,
I've
noticed
much
more
aggressive,
driving
behaviors
and
a
new
and
also
a
new
thing.
I've
seen
this
year
is
many
large
trucks
and
jeeps
are
getting
these
tires
that
stick
out
from
their
cars.
P
I
believe
that's
a
change
in
pennsylvania,
inspection
law
and
I
was
wondering
if
pittsburgh
can
maybe
put
ordinances
around
that,
because,
if
you're
sideswiped
by
a
car,
you
might
get
knocked
down
where,
if
you
hit
got
hit
by
the
spinning
wheel
instead
that
stick
sticks
out
from
the
fender,
you
could
be
much
more
serious,
but
overall,
I
I
do
support
this
project.
My
only
argument,
all
along
is
it
might
not
go
far
enough-
include
the
stop
signs,
I'd
be
including
speed,
humps
and
then
just
one
more
comment
to
address.
P
I
think
something
came
up
earlier
and
someone
could
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
I
believe
the
reason
why
we
keep
our
speed
limits
of
25
miles
per
hour
is
there's
a
state
law
that
says
you're
not
allowed
to
put
a
speed
limit
lower
than
that,
and
we
see
communities
around
here.
Forest
hills,
there's
a
lot
of
15
mile,
an
hour
streets,
but
none
of
the
populations
spot
that
in
that,
if
pittsburgh
put
a
15
mile
per
hour
sign
up
and
someone
thought
it
would
lose
in
court.
So
why
spend
the
money?
B
Q
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
hear
you
good
evening.
My
name
is
becky
forgrave
and
while
I
just
moved
to
friendship
last
month,
I
lived
in
point
breeze
along
penn
avenue
for
three
years,
which
I
know
is
not
a
long
time
for
most
residents
here,
but
it
was
a
while
in
one
place
for
me.
First
at
homewood
avenue
and
then
penfield
court.
My
daily
commute
to
oakland
always
started
using
reynolds
avenue,
as
well
as
other
trips
to
squirrel
hill
and
shadyside.
Q
The
connections
that
reynolds
has
to
dallas
avenue,
beechwood
boulevard
and
walnut
street
via
melon
park,
make
reynolds
avenue
a
key
connector
in
the
larger
bike
network
connecting
people
who
live
in
point
breeze
to
the
rest
of
the
city
and
the
rest
of
the
city
to
frick
park.
East
end,
food,
co-op
and
other
local
businesses.
Q
My
bicycle
is
my
main
method
of
transportation
anywhere
within
the
city.
Navigating
by
bike
requires
a
deeper
knowledge
of
the
city
than
getting
run
by
car
because
you
have
to
know
which
streets
are
safer,
which
intersections
can
be
dangerous
at
certain
times
of
the
day,
and
when
I
first
moved
here,
I
taped
the
bike
map
to
my
wall,
which
I
could
memorize,
which
routes
were
safe
in
all
parts
of
the
city
and
this
map's
a
great
resource,
but
it's
less
useful
while
actually
riding,
and
so
I
really
appreciated
the
other
neighbor
waves.
Q
Q
I
think
the
mini
traffic
circles
will
be
helpful
for
slowing
cars
and
in
my
three
years
of
biking
I
haven't
personally
had
any
close
calls
with
reynolds,
though
I
have
witnessed
some
speeding
but
again.
The
main
reason
I'm
so
excited
is
about
the
signage,
the
way
finding
pavement
markings
and
the
signage
so
great
to
help
new
people
get
around
an
area,
and
I
get
so
worried
when
I
see
bicyclists
on
penn
trying
to
get
by
with
cars
swerving
around
them.
Q
I've
seen
many
car
crashes
on
pen
and
I'm
just
looking
forward
to
this
route
being
part
of
the
larger
network
to
help
people
know
that
there
is
a
safer
alternative,
just
a
few
blocks
away
from
penn.
I
think
this
neighborway
project
can
really
amplify
already
great
things
about
reynolds
avenue
and
make
sure
people
know
about
it.
Q
I
appreciate
domey
for
having
several
several
meetings
with
residents,
as
this
project
was
developed
and
listening
and
incorporating
feedback
in
this
iterative
process.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
R
R
R
R
The
proposed
improvements
is
an
excellent
design
that
will
improve
the
flow
of
for
vehicles
while
making
reynolds
a
much
safer,
much
safer
for
pedestrians
and
cyclists.
At
the
same
time,
this
proposal
makes
drivers
move
with
more
caution
and
better
awareness,
creating
a
safer
environment
for
everyone.
R
I
am
a
principal
at
urban
design,
associates
an
international
urban
design
firm
based
right
here
in
pittsburgh.
We
specialize
in
revitalization
of
urban
neighborhoods,
and
we
have
seen
that
cities
that
incorporate
such
improvements
see
an
increase
in
pedestrian
safety,
an
increase
in
cycling
use
and,
at
the
same
time,
improved
vehicle
safety
and
flow
oftentimes.
Discussion
of
such
improvements
are
met
with
initial
skepticism.
R
However,
as
people
become
more
familiar,
residents
recognize
the
wisdom
of
the
design
and
the
increased
safety
for
cyclists
and
pedestrians
within
a
short
time
is
difficult
to
imagine
a
street.
Without
these
improvements,
my
wife
and
I
strongly
support
this
proposal
and
we
hope
that
the
city
does
not
waste
any
time
to
implement
these
improvements.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
Hi,
my
name
is
jay
ting
walker.
I
live
in
shadyside
and
I'm
speaking
in
favor
of
neighborways,
because
reynold
street
is
not
as
safe
as
people
think.
It
is
especially
for
bikers
I've
enjoyed
the
highland
park
neighbor
way,
and
I
think
supporting
bicycling
is
important
for
equity
reasons
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
So
I
bike
on
reynolds
regularly
when
visiting
friends
in
plain
breeze
and
and
when
traveling
to
frick
park
for
walks
and
throw
the
frisbee
around
and
I've
been
buzzed
on
reynolds
street
multiple
times
by
cars.
I
That
makes,
and
it
makes
me
feel
really
unsafe.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
safety
improvements
that
come
with
the
neighborway.
I
also
bike
on
penn
avenue
regularly,
because
I
I
feel
that
it's
really
hard
to
get
from
reynold
street
to
braddock.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
those
improvements,
biking
on
penn
avenue
is
not
a
pleasant
experience,
as
I'm
sure
you'd.
Imagine-
and
I
know
this
neighborhood
was
was
put
on
reynolds.
I
would
take
reynolds
instead,
every
time
I've
also
experienced
the
neighbor
way
on
euclid
multiple
times.
I
I've
really
enjoyed
the
experience.
Although
I
I
did
have
an
ex
an
issue
with
a
car
trying
to
pass
me
on.
While
I
was
biking
on
euclid
and
they
were
trying
to
speed
past
me,
and
I.
I
How
bad
it
would
be
if
the
traffic
calming
wasn't
already
in
place.
So
you
know
this
the
neighbor
way
improvement
helps
a
lot,
but
it
still
doesn't
stop
car
drivers
from
doing
dangerous
things
with
their
cars,
but
I
do
appreciate
the
improvements.
I
Lastly,
I'd
like
to
say
that
cycling
is
really
important
for
equity
reasons.
I
think
for
some
reason,
a
lot
of
people
have
an
idea
that
cyclists
are.
You
know
wealthy
people
who
enjoy
doing
something
just
to
enjoy
riding
their
bike,
just
because
it's
fun,
but
I
know
a
lot
of
cyclists,
including
myself.
We
ride
because
we
can't
afford
to
drive.
I
I
Lastly,
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
I
always
stop
at
stop
signs,
especially
at
hastings
going
down
reynolds
at
the
hill.
You
know
it's
it's
crazy
to
fly
through
a
flight
through
a
downhill
like
I'm
not
trying
to
die.
You
know
this
really
puts
me
at
risk,
so
I
always
stop
there
also.
I
I
would
like
to
mention
that
I'm
not
an
engineer,
so
I
always
defer
to
experts
when
it
comes
to
impact
of
various
traffic
control
mechanisms,
and
I
know
the
engineers
are
weighing
in
on
this
project
and
I
trust
them
I'm.
In
summary,
I
felt
unsafe
on
reynolds.
I've
really
enjoyed
the
neighborhood
neighbor
way
experience
in
highland
park
and
I
think
supporting
bike
infrastructure
is
a
really
strong
way
to
support
equity
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
I'm
in
favor
of
the
reynolds
street
neighborhood.
Thank
you.
G
All
right,
my
name
is
kevin.
Dager.
I've
recently
moved
to
the
corner
of
linden
and
reynolds
and
like
some
of
the
earlier
commenters,
I
guess
I
was
just
really
wanting
to
tune
in
out
of
concern
for
the
unknown.
You
know
I
I.
G
Never
really
understood
what
the
clear
picture
was.
It
seems
it
changed
throughout.
So
after
getting
the
initial
presentation,
I
agree,
I
I
feel
a
little
bit
less
concerned.
G
Although
living
at
the
corner
and
having
you
know,
young
kids,
I'm
still
curious,
in
particular
of
the
proposal
for
the
lyndon
and
reynolds
intersection
with
the
pitch
of
reynolds
both
coming
up
from
hastings-
and
you
know
over
the
crown
as
you
head
towards
towards
dallas
of
what
a
roundabout
would
would
do
there.
So
you
know,
I
know
this
isn't
really
a
question
and
answer
section
you
know
session,
but
that
that's
my
main
concern
at
this
point
beyond
that.
G
I
have
seen
what
what
has
been
I
guess
put
in
over
in
highland
park
and
I'm
curious
if
this
is
what
is
being
aimed
for
meaning
just
you
know
right
now,
there
just
looks
like
some
flower
pots
in
in
the
middle
of
a
circle,
and
I
was
just
concerned
if
that
was
maybe
temporary
or
or
what
it
would
look
like
long
term
again.
I
realize
this
isn't
a
question
and
answer
session,
but
hopefully
that
and
other
information
will
be
shared
throughout
this
process
and
again
I'm
I'm
not.
G
You
know
weighing
in
one
way
or
the
other
on
this
just
more
concerned
and
and
interested
in
more
information.
You
know
as
the
process
unfolds.
That's
all.
I
have.
S
T
S
So
I'm
just
going
to
get
this
quick
and
it
sounds
like
this
deal
is
kind
of
a
done
deal
which
kind
of
you
know
annoys
me
because
I've
done
with
these
things
many
times
before,
and
it
always
seems
to
be
a
done
deal.
I
still
believe
you
know
right.
An
old
top
reynolds
in
london
is
a
dangerous
area.
I've
lived
in
the
neighborhood,
I
grew
up
on
glen
arden
I
live.
I
live
in
the
neighborhood.
I
got
multiple
properties
in
the
area.
I
know
very
well.
S
I'm
43
years
old
I've
lived
in
this
area,
all
my
life,
my
family's,
been
here
for
generations.
I
don't
think
the
reynolds
idea
is
a
safe
area
like
it
was
brought
many
times.
People
bikes
are
not
stopping
emergency
vehicles
are
gonna,
have
a
hard
time
going
around
a
roundabout
up
there,
but
what
I
am
more
concerned
about,
I'm
gonna
get
in
because
I
know
I'm
on
short
time.
I
don't
appreciate
when
I've
heard
on
the
first
call
to
grant
bacharach
threats.
S
Is
that
how
things
are
done
in
the
city
and
people
being
threatened?
That's
that
I
hope
is
being
looked
into
because
that's
disturbing
to
me.
Second,
all.
Why
are
we
doing
this
and
why
does
this
need
to
be
pushed
through
so
fast
when
the
city
is
in
a
financial
crisis
with
kovid,
defunding,
police
and
everyone's
talking
about
rex?
We
don't
even
have
the
police
department
that
can
handle
this.
S
This
doesn't
make
sense
and
is
the
city
going
to
be
liable
for
when
the
situations
do
occur
at
these
these
roundabouts
or
whatever
you
want
to
call
them.
I
heard
so
many
different
names,
so
I'll
leave
it
at
that,
and
I
hope
you
guys
will
look
into
this
and
I'd
like
to
one
prepares.
You
sorry
proposal
on
the
cameras,
maybe
investigate
with
the
weather.
U
Hello,
my
name's
jonathan
arnold.
I
wanted
to
come
here
today
to
support
the
the
neighbor
way
and
the
work
that's
going
on.
I
grew
up
at
one
end
of
reynolds
or
near
one
end
of
reynolds
down
near
penn
and
braddock.
Now
I
I
live
at
the
other
end
near
penn
and
fifth,
and
I
spent
spent
time
on
reynolds
and
in
the
neighborhood
much
of
my
life,
I
used
to
walk,
walk
down
reynolds
every
day
to
get
to
stare
at
to
get
the
middle
school
and
starting
in
ninth
grade.
U
I
used
to
walk
around
my
bike
up
to
aldredice
and
I
would
say
that
as
a
kid
I
I
definitely
felt
fairly
safe
in
the
neighborhood,
but
there
was
always
that
car
that
was
racing
down
reynolds
that
was
trying
to
avoid
the
traffic
on
penn
and
as
a
kid
I
I
learned
early
on
not
to
not
to
ride
on
the
street
that
we,
we
always
rode
on
the
sidewalk
on
reynolds,
because
there
was
always
that
one
car
that
was
was
streaming
screaming
down
the
street,
trying
to
get
in
front
of
the
traffic
and
now
having
having
left
pittsburgh
for
a
while
and
then
moving
back.
U
I
lived
down
at
the
other
end
near
near
near
reynolds,
end
and
beechwood
down
at
that
end,
and
I
walk
and
ride
my
bike
down
reynolds
periodically
to
with
my
wife
and
my
three
young
kids
to
go
visit,
my
parents
who
still
live
in
the
house.
I
grew
up
in
and
I
hope
that
I
hope
that
when
they
grow
up
or
as
they're
growing
up
that
they're
able
to
use
reynolds
and
ride
on
the
street
in
a
way
that
I
wasn't
when
I
was
a
kid.
B
Thank
you.
Next
is
courtney
courtney
ehrlichman,
followed
by
joy
saubel.
I
believe
that
courtney
had
to
step
away
is
courtney
here.
Next
we
have
joy
sable,
followed
by
robert.
V
Uber,
hello,
we
can
hear
you
very
good
joy,
saubel,
7008,
willard
street
back
when
I
was
in
grad
school
in
seattle,
is
when
the
circles
were
going
in
in
seattle,
and
we
had
a
lot
of
the
same
reaction
of
people
saying
either
that
they
were
not
going
to
work
or
that
they
were
going
to
be
impossible
to
navigate,
and
yet
they
have
become
just
a
part
of
the
landscape
there
and
yes,
we
also
have
snow
in
seattle,
just
as
we
have
snow
in
pittsburgh,
and
they
are
just
fine
in
the
snow
which
the
same
is
not
true
in
fact
of
many
sorts
of
speed,
humps,
that's
part
of
the
reason
for
going
for
the
circles
and
if
you
now
go
on
street
view
and
look
how
people
are
using
them
in
real
life,
when
they
don't
know
they're
being
observed
by
the
google
cars,
you
will
see
that
people
are
using
them
the
right
way.
V
They
go
around
the
circle.
They
do
not
go
over
the
circle.
They
do
not
go
backwards
around
the
circle.
The
circles
work
also
as
far
as
history.
The
process
was
not
good,
but
it's
not
that
it
didn't
start
early
enough.
I
have
a
message
from
richard
merritzer,
the
late
lamented
rich
meritser
back
in
november
2005
and
dave
bachmann,
the
penndot
bicycle
pedestrian
program
manager.
V
City
of
pittsburgh.pa.us,
nice
meeting
you
last
monday,
here's
a
soft
copy
of
the
civic
roadways
brochure.
These
plans
have
been
ongoing
since
at
least
2005.
The
problem
is
that
neighborhoods
change
and
people
change
in
them
and
the
notification
did
not
keep
pace
with
the
people
moving
in
and
out
of
the
neighborhood.
V
Finally,
much
as
I
love
the
idea
of
of
the
of
the
circles,
I
too
have
some
reservations
about
the
wisdom
of
putting
one
at
the
top
of
the
peak
of
a
hill
that
comes
in
as
a
hill
in
two
directions
also,
they
are
at
their
best
when
they
are
chained
up
one
two,
three
four
in
quick
succession,
if
you
could
could
put
them
all
in
succession
on
the
flat
first
and
make
sure
that
they
work
there.
That
might
be
the
better
answer.
V
Finally,
in
in
seattle,
I
believe
some
of
them
started
with
stop
signs
and
then
very
carefully
move
to
yield
signs
for
two
of
the
four
directions
where
there
was
a
major
street,
thus
both
smoothing
the
traffic
flow
but
but
keeping
but
keeping
the
safety
aspect.
And
finally,
I
actually
both
in
seattle
and
in
ames
iowa,
where
I
spend
part
of
the
year
there's
instead
of
keeping
things
at
36
inches,
which
actually
can
hide
a
stroller
or
a
wheelchair,
it
can
be
better
to
do
it.
W
Okay,
can
you
hear
me
correctly,
hello,
okay,
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
the
people
who
submitted
the
petition
so
that
you
solicit
more
citizen
input
and
thank
you
for
taking
your
time
to
listen.
I'm
my
name
is
robert
uber.
I'm
a
21-year
homeowner
here
in
point
breeze,
a
block
off
of
the
east
end
of
reynolds
and
my
concern
is
you
know
this
project
was
sold
as
traffic
calming.
W
Yet
I
look
at
it
and
from
an
engineering
point
of
view,
I
unfortunately
see
it
as
foreseeably
more
dangerous,
so
I
think
the
neighborhood
concept
can
work
safely
at
euclid,
where
there's
more
wide
open
boulevards,
but
unfortunately,
the
intersections
at
south
lang,
mertlin
linden,
all
have
very
limited
sight
distances
on
the
corner
of
lange.
We
have
a
house
right
up
against
the
curb.
You
barely
have
two
feet
of
dirt
adjacent
to
the
sidewalk.
W
W
W
The
idea
of
turning
left
in
front
of
the
concrete
mini
circle
is
doubly
dangerous,
as
at
southlang.
The
adjacent
south
homewood
intersection
is
a
normal
left
around
the
circle.
So
all
the
cars
are
expecting
people
to
go
around
the
circle
and
now
you're
saying
long
vehicles,
buses
trucks
are
going
to
be
cutting
left
in
front.
That
just
seems
to
be
foreseeably
dangerous.
We're
going
to
get
lawsuits
against
the
city
for
that
design
deficiency.
W
Now
the
plan
was
originally
for
yield
signs,
but
now
we're
keeping
the
stop
signs.
How
can
we
rely
on
the
stop
signs
not
being
removed
in
the
future?
Like
the
lady
from
seattle,
just
touted,
removal
of
stop
signs
will
cause.
I'm
concerned
will
cause
traffic
to
shift
from
penn
avenue
up
onto
reynolds,
because
now
it's
easier
to
go
speeding
through
to
get
to
the
light
and
on
to
dallas
and
wilkins.
W
W
B
Saying
no,
our
last
speaker
is
jenny.
Kennedy.
B
All
right,
then,
having
exhausted
the
business
of
this
public
hearing
we've
exhausted
the
speaker's
list.
I
don't
think
we've
exhausted
the
business
because
I
would
like
to
turn
it
over
to
my
council
colleague.
Who's
joined
me
today,
deb
gross
in
case.
She
has
any
comments.
I
know
that
she's
she's,
been
here
listening
and
has
also
been,
is
also
representing
the
district
that
has
the
pilot
mini
traffic
circle
on
euclid,
so
councilwoman
gross.
Do
you
have
any
comment
or
words
that
you'd
like
to
say
today.
X
Thank
you.
We
did
have
you
know
a
lot
of
citizen
feedback
as
well
as
I
think
director
rick's.
You
know
elucidated
very
clearly
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
she
and
her
team
came
out
on
site.
We
she
has
cameras
on
some
of
the
circles.
I
know:
measuring
traffic
flow
we've
had
dialogue
back
and
forth
with
the
ada
community
and
emergency
services.
So
I
appreciate
domey's
responsiveness,
similarly
to
adapt
the
designs
so
that
people
feel
you
know
we're
accommodating
safety
all
around
and
I'm
supportive
of
the
project
here
in
highland
park.
X
I
definitely
have
some
neighbors,
who
have
been
very
vocal
at
council
with
their
concerns
that
are
similar
to
some
of
the
concerns
that
I
heard
here
tonight
about
the
point
priests
project,
but
I'm
mostly
here
on
the
street
from
people
who
maybe
aren't
the
kind
who
come
to
hearings
or
testify
at
council
how
excited
they
are
about
the
traffic
circles.
Even
if
we're
having
a
conversation
that
isn't
about
mobility
or
traffic,
they
bring
it
up.
X
So
I
think
it's
a
welcome
new
option
that
we
have
specifically
the
traffic
circles,
but
in
general
I
really
appreciate
the
kind
of
overall
plan
with
neighbor
ways
that
domi
has
been
working
on
with
so
many
members
of
the
public
across
the
whole
city
across
as
you.
You
know.
X
The
director
mentioned
the
1200
miles
of
street
to
make
those
connections
between
current
pieces
of
infrastructure
so
that
people
can
navigate
from
neighborhood
to
neighborhood
to
the
destinations
they
get
need
to
get
to
safely
and
with
hopefully,
lower
car
speeds
so
that
we
can
see
lower
injuries
and
lower
fatalities
where
we
do
when
we
do
have
conflicts.
So
I
really
appreciate
the
hearing
from
from
the
public
always,
and
it's
really
helpful,
I
think
in
making
all
of
our
work
turn
out
better.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
B
Thank
you
councilwoman,
thank
you
for
being
here
this
evening,
as
I
mentioned
at
the
very
beginning,
I
know
that
councilman
reverend
burgess
is
had
a
had
a
previously
scheduled
meeting
that
is
also
being
cable
cast
through
our
cable
bureau
on
black
pittsburgh
matters,
and
so
it's
not
able
to
join
us,
but
we'll
be
watching
this.
It's
currently
live
stream,
but
we'll
be
watching
the
youtube
video
of
it
later
on
and
and
hearing
all
the
comments,
I'll
just
say.
B
Whether
you
had
concerns
about
the
neighbor
way,
whether
you
had
some
constructive
criticism
about
the
process,
whether
you
are
fully
in
support
of
it,
really
appreciate
it,
and
I
was
grateful
actually
in
the
end
for
this,
for
this
opportunity
for
us
all
to
talk
about
this
in
another
forum.
B
I'll
say
that
you
know
one
just
one
note
about
the
process
before
I
say
something
quickly
about
the
actual
project.
I
think
that
everyone
who
was
involved
would
it
would
nod
their
heads
at
this
statement
that
you
know
the
communication.
Certainly
there
was
there
was
some
lack
lacking
in
the
community
in
terms
of
in
the
process
at
the
very
beginning.
B
But
what
I
will
say
is
that-
and
you
know,
certainly
it's
something
that
I've
discussed
with
the
director
and
with
other
leadership
in
domi,
and
it's
been
a
learning
experience
for
sure.
But
what
I
will
say
is
that
with
every
project
it's
never
going
to
be.
It's
always
going
to
feel
like
it's
in
flux
a
little
bit,
because
that
is
how
we
respond
to
public
feedback.
B
Many
many
comments
were
received
from
domi
from
the
department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure,
and
the
project
leads
with
moving
forward
pittsburgh
and-
and
I
received
comments
as
well-
that
I
passed
along
to
the
project
leads
then
there's
a
version
two
which
many
people
had
heard
and
and
then
there's
a
you
know
the
next
version,
and
so
I
don't
think,
there's
ever
going
to
be
a
plan
that
solicits
public
feedback.
That
is
going
to
be
final
in
its
very
first
innovation,
so
I'll
just
say
that
I
also
want
to
just
mention.
B
Equity
was
brought
up
a
couple
of
different
times
this
evening,
but
just
I
didn't
know
what
wasn't
brought
up
as
a
major
concern,
but
I'll
just
say
that
it's
easy
to
look
at
a
project
like
this.
That
runs
through
a
well-resourced,
neighborhood
and
think.
Why
is
this
neighborhood
getting
this,
and
what
we
need
to
keep
in
mind
is
that
this
is
part
of
a
network.
We
do
have
a
bike
plus
plan
that
runs
throughout
the
city
and
that
every
different
part
of
that
by
plus
plan.
B
If
you
go
to
it,
if
you
look
up
bike
plus
plan,
you
will
and
you
go
to
pages
19
and
20.
You
will
be
able
to
see
this.
The
whole
network
map
of
that
and
you'll
see
how
the
reynolds
neighbor
way
connects,
allows
someone
on
bicycle
to
connect
to
larimer
and
east
liberty
and
homewood
and
other
parts
of
the
city
and
event
we're
going
to
see
a
network
spans,
the
entire
city.
B
That's
the
point
of
the
network
plan,
so
I
know
it's
easy
to
think
of
it
in
piecemeal
because
that's
sometimes
how
it's
implemented,
but
it's
it's
part
of
a
network.
It's
part
of
a
whole
plan
to
make
us
make
sure
that
everyone
who
is
traveling
the
roads,
whether
they're
walking
biking
using
a
wheelchair
driving
taking
public
transportation,
whether
they're,
nine
years
old
or
90
years
old,
has
the
opportunity
to
do
so
safely
and,
and
then
you
know.
B
Lastly,
with
the
pandemic,
you
know
people
are
still
using
public
transportation,
but
many
many
people
are
choosing
not
to
use
public
transportation
and
one
other
option.
Besides
driving
a
car,
especially
for
shorter
trips,
is
bicycle
or
walking
or
scooter.
We
want
it
to
be
as
safe
as
possible,
so
so
I'm
in
support
of
anything
that
that
calms
traffic
and
allows
for
multiple
modes
of
transportation
in
the
street.
B
That
said,
my
staff
have
been
taking
copious
notices
through
this
public
hearing
and
we
will
make
sure
that
I'm
sure
that
director
rick's
staff
have
as
well
and
we'll
be
able
to
compare
notes
and
make
sure
that
any
questions
that
were
raised
this
evening
will
be
answered
and
then
sent
back
out
to
the
community
using
a
variety
of
methods,
so
we'll
make
sure
that
people
get
their
questions
answered,
certainly
so
without
any
further
business
before
council.
This
evening,
I
will
call
this
meeting
adjourn.
Thank
you
very.