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Andrew Burrows
Jul 13, 2008, 8:55:41 PM7/13/08
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From: <Bike...@aol.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Subject: Will you let let me add your name & ZIP to a letter to the DoT re: repairing the GWB sidewalk?
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Dear Alan, Andrew, Caroline, Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, Danny, Doug, Greg, Howard, Jen, Jesse, John, Ken, Lori, Paul, Lesa, Mike, Randy--and anyone else you think might be interested in this note and to whom I ask you to forward this (Jesse, please post this on the 5BBC message board if there is one):
Scott Roveto, of the NYC DoT, is the man who can authorize the repair of the sidewalk to the GWB. I successfully lobblied him two years ago to repave 177th St. between Ft. Washington and Cabrini. Earlier this year I lobbied him about the sidewalk leading to the GWB ramp. He has been responsive and sympathetic...to the point of having me called by an inspector directly from the site. However, that was now, what?, two months ago? Maybe more. And nothing has been done.
I'd like to re-quicken the DoT's attention to this. To do so I'd like to be able to sign the following letter with as many names as possible. I've gotten this posted on the NYCC and CRCA message boards. With the help of two of you (Jesse, Danny), I hope to get it posted on the 5BBC and e-bikes message boards, and if TA has a message board or group e-list, perhaps this notice put out by them.
Would you write me your name and your ZIP code and authorize me to add them to mine in the following note to Mr. Roveto with copies to the DoT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, and the DoT's bike co-ordinator, Ryan Russo?
Dear Scott Roveto:
You will, I hope and trust, recall our talking about the dangerous state of the pavement leading to the George Washington Bridge pedestrian and cyclist ramp which is particularly hazardous to cyclists. I appreciate your having had me called by an on-site inspector.
I've heard nothing since then. The danger remains. I write you again to ask your urgent repair of this. Cyclists have fallen due to the cavity of the sunken NYC Electrical steel plate and the uplift of the concrete slab next to it where the curb cut from Cabrini and 178th St. meet, and again, where a sunken steel plate and uplifted block of concrete pavement are at the junction of the ramp and the sidewalk. The Port Authority has told me both places are the responsibility of the City of New York and not the Port Authority.
Below are the "signatures" of other cyclists who join me in this urgent request.
Richard
RICHARD ROSENTHAL
Rosenthal Advertising
Maglia Rosenthal
245 East 63rd St.
New York, NY 10065
T: (212) 371-4700
E: r...@ro-ads.com
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From: <Bike...@aol.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Subject: Will you let let me add your name & ZIP to a letter to the DoT re: repairing the GWB sidewalk?
To: undisclosed-recipients
Dear Alan, Andrew, Caroline, Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, Danny, Doug, Greg, Howard, Jen, Jesse, John, Ken, Lori, Paul, Lesa, Mike, Randy--and anyone else you think might be interested in this note and to whom I ask you to forward this (Jesse, please post this on the 5BBC message board if there is one):
Scott Roveto, of the NYC DoT, is the man who can authorize the repair of the sidewalk to the GWB. I successfully lobblied him two years ago to repave 177th St. between Ft. Washington and Cabrini. Earlier this year I lobbied him about the sidewalk leading to the GWB ramp. He has been responsive and sympathetic...to the point of having me called by an inspector directly from the site. However, that was now, what?, two months ago? Maybe more. And nothing has been done.
I'd like to re-quicken the DoT's attention to this. To do so I'd like to be able to sign the following letter with as many names as possible. I've gotten this posted on the NYCC and CRCA message boards. With the help of two of you (Jesse, Danny), I hope to get it posted on the 5BBC and e-bikes message boards, and if TA has a message board or group e-list, perhaps this notice put out by them.
Would you write me your name and your ZIP code and authorize me to add them to mine in the following note to Mr. Roveto with copies to the DoT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, and the DoT's bike co-ordinator, Ryan Russo?
Dear Scott Roveto:
You will, I hope and trust, recall our talking about the dangerous state of the pavement leading to the George Washington Bridge pedestrian and cyclist ramp which is particularly hazardous to cyclists. I appreciate your having had me called by an on-site inspector.
I've heard nothing since then. The danger remains. I write you again to ask your urgent repair of this. Cyclists have fallen due to the cavity of the sunken NYC Electrical steel plate and the uplift of the concrete slab next to it where the curb cut from Cabrini and 178th St. meet, and again, where a sunken steel plate and uplifted block of concrete pavement are at the junction of the ramp and the sidewalk. The Port Authority has told me both places are the responsibility of the City of New York and not the Port Authority.
Below are the "signatures" of other cyclists who join me in this urgent request.
Richard
RICHARD ROSENTHAL
Rosenthal Advertising
Maglia Rosenthal
245 East 63rd St.
New York, NY 10065
T: (212) 371-4700
E: r...@ro-ads.com
**************
Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com!
(http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112)
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