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Pedestrian safety, sidewalk repairs and crossing-guard shortfalls pressed at DDOT budget hearing
Summary
Commissioners, advocates and neighborhood groups asked the committee to require faster repairs for tripping hazards, stronger crossing-guard staffing and a new pedestrian master plan; some requested a 60-day service-level target and explicit adoption of ADA guidance.
Multiple witnesses told the committee that sidewalk defects, slow 311 responses and a shortage of crossing guards are causing avoidable injuries and hindering safe walking, especially for older residents and schoolchildren.
What witnesses asked: Commissioner Jeffrey Ruckower (ANC 2B02) and others pressed the committee to direct DDOT to adopt a 60-business-day service-level target for repairing tripping hazards and to treat a one-quarter-inch elevation…
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