Today I rearranged my schedule to be on the crosswalk early and began shooting video clips from 9:49 am to about noon. This is a very busy period for kid-crossings going in both directions and there were a couple of hundred kids from ECFS and the YMCA. Ten babies just a few months old crossed into the playground and back again in two strollers of four babies and two with one each.

Today there were a couple of incidents where vehicles charged kids in the crosswalk. Often the persons at most risk are the teachers, who try to get the bikes to slow down and stop. Today, everybody made it without incident.

Early in the morning from about 9 am, the crosslight signal is automated and turns the light on every 50 seconds or so. The safe-to-walk light is on for 30 seconds. This means the light comes on very often from about 9 am to 10 am. By 10 am, the light is pedestrian-operated and more pedestrians are in the crosswalk without the right-of-way.

At about noon, I ran into Courtney Clark in the crosswalk where I was filming. Courtney is on the Transportation Committee of Community Board 7, lives near this crosswalk, and is a cyclist to boot. We had a great discussion on how to make this crosswalk safe for our kids and families and she promised to help us get this in front of the right committee(s). Courtney will be a great asset and I'm involuntarily adding her to our team.

Google Maps shows this crosswalk to be a school speed zone and I began checking my sources to see if NY DOT believes that to be the case. Courtney says the Transportation Committee believes it is not. Let's see what NY DOT says.

Today's screengrab is a pedicab swerving thru horseshit within inches of a child in the crosswalk when the red light is on, just to get a fare.