congradulations on getting things done, i dare say it would have be
different in atlanta ga.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Magenta Raine [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 9:23 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      activism
>
>         hi everybody,
>
> Recently I decided to take action about the situation at the corner
> intersection where I live. The  curb ramp was all broken and my wheelchair
> was
> always getting stuck in the holes. The traffic WALK signal wasn't long
> enough,
> and people in cars would not yield to me.
>
> i found out what department to write to,  and sent them Email, about the
> above, plus comments on other curb ramps in my neighborhood.  I received
> email
> back in about ten days, saying whoever replied that my letter had been
> forwarded to the appropriate person and that by next week somebody would
> be
> out to actually look at the curb ramp, and that action would be taken
> within
> two weeks after that.
>
> Well, sure enough, they came to see the ramp, and cleaned up what could be
> done quickly, and then one week later they came with drillers and concrete
> and
> made a beautiful new ramp, and then put up 4 huge YIELD TO PEDESTRIAN
> signs at
> this intersection, and the next day I got an email saying that the signal
> would be extended five seconds more in about a week.
>
> So I am very pleased. The city of Oakland is really serious about cleaning
> up
> the streets.
>
> Tamar Raine