Stop For Jarrid

By Tom ! Vanderbilt In an Internet parody called "The Process," a designer is given a corporate gig with a simple brief: to design a new stop sign. "We're seeing reports that people don't know what to do at an intersection," he is told, and from there it descends in an absurd spiral of tweaks and redesigns, with the designer's creative vision cast against the slow strangulation of groupthink. While the vide [...]

Thursday, 04 February 2010 20:06 To the Editor: I write this not because I want to, not that I need to, but because I feel I have to. On April 18, 2006 my family’s lives and the lives of families throughout Rye were changed forever as our son and your child’s good friend Jarrid was struck and killed by oncoming traffic on Midland Avenue. Before he passed I made a promise to Jar [...]

You spend your time as an advocate for pedestrian safety. To no avail, the location where your worst nightmare took place  is still as dangerous as ever. You would prob act as Jimmy did on this day. Angry-Yes, Belligerent-Maybe, Hurt, scared, and frustrated... From the Journal News: A father and pedestrian-safety advocate whose son was killed crossing Midland Avenue was arrested, accused of interfering with [...]

TheAutochannel.com Child pedestrians are still at great risk of being seriously injured or killed, despite a sharp decline in the death rate over the last 10 years, according to a report issued today by the National SAFE KIDS Campaign. That's why SAFE KIDS and FedEx Express are partnering for the fourth consecutive year to mobilize communities on International Walk to School Day to highlight pedestrian safety issu [...]

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