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Study seeks to increase safety at Omaha intersections

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Study seeks to increase safety at Omaha intersections
A group in Omaha is seeking your feedback about problem intersections in the city.Mode Shift Omaha wants the public’s help filling out “audits" for its "Safe Crossings" campaign.You can choose an intersection that Mode Shift has already identified as having problems, or pick an intersection that you personally feel could use a little attention.“So they’re going to be able to sit at an intersection, by themselves or with a friend, for an hour. Just record what they watch -- do they see pedestrians crossing against the lights,do they see people pushing buttons and then the crosswalk not changing? How many cars do they see that pull through the intersection?” says Sarah Johnson, vice chair of Mode Shift Omaha.The audits will be available in June and this first phase of the project with run through September.  Mode Shift Omaha will then compile the data and present it to the city.Johnson said the project is meant to benefit all modes of transportation.“That’s what we always talk about, the infrastructure out there should be designed to move people, whether it’s people on cars people on bikes,  people on foot,” Johnson said.To participate in the study, follow this link for more information: https://modeshiftomaha.org/2016/05/23/omaha-safe-crossings-campaign/#more-2516.You can also learn more about the project at Mode Shift's 'Omaha Gives' event on Wednesday, May 25. It will be held at the Omaha Bicycle Company from 4 p.m.-midnight. 

A group in Omaha is seeking your feedback about problem intersections in the city.

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Mode Shift Omaha wants the public’s help filling out “audits" for its "Safe Crossings" campaign.

You can choose an intersection that Mode Shift has already identified as having problems, or pick an intersection that you personally feel could use a little attention.

“So they’re going to be able to sit at an intersection, by themselves or with a friend, for an hour. Just record what they watch -- do they see pedestrians crossing against the lights,do they see people pushing buttons and then the crosswalk not changing? How many cars do they see that pull through the intersection?” says Sarah Johnson, vice chair of Mode Shift Omaha.

The audits will be available in June and this first phase of the project with run through September.  Mode Shift Omaha will then compile the data and present it to the city.

Johnson said the project is meant to benefit all modes of transportation.

“That’s what we always talk about, the infrastructure out there should be designed to move people, whether it’s people on cars people on bikes,  people on foot,” Johnson said.

To participate in the study, follow this link for more information: https://modeshiftomaha.org/2016/05/23/omaha-safe-crossings-campaign/#more-2516.

You can also learn more about the project at Mode Shift's 'Omaha Gives' event on Wednesday, May 25. It will be held at the Omaha Bicycle Company from 4 p.m.-midnight.