May 16 marks the next installment of the Savannah Development and Renewal Authority’s “Dump the Pump: Leave Your Car at Home Day.” The SCAD eco practices council is an official partner organization for this event!
From 12:00 to 12:30 at the corner of MLK and Liberty, Pedestrian Advocates of the Coastal Empire will be staging a “crosswalk action.” During this event, a group of pedestrians will repeatedly cross the street in the marked crosswalks in a legal fashion. The goal is to communicate pedestrian safety messages to drivers, pedestrians, media representatives and other observers in a fun and friendly way. Members of the organized group carry cheerful, non-confrontational signs (provided by PACE) with educational and advocacy messages. Crosswalk actions can involve as few as 10 or more than 40 people.
Spread the word to your School of Building Arts colleagues and encourage participation. I imagine that pedestrian safety and motorist education on MLK might be concerns shared by Eichberg inhabitants.
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May 15th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Believe it or not, this really is a fun event. I hope we’ll have folks from Eichberg participate. We will have a SCMPD traffic division officer on site to make sure everyone is safe.
If it rains, we will reschedule (National Weather Service says chance of precipitation on Friday is 60 percent, but mainly after 1 p.m.). More information on the group that is sponsoring the crosswalk action is available here:
http://pacesavannah.org/
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:28 pm
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