I just learned yesterday that I could write you about my support for accessible pedestrian signals and detectable warnings. I've been totally blind for 44 years, and I've had a guide dog for 40 of those years. I've had good mobility and independence. However, I was in a city several years ago with accessible pedestrian signals, and I found it so helpful. I felt safer and more secure about my decisions to cross streets. I'm finding that cars are quieter these days than they used to be, and sometimes intersections aren't the traditional straight corners. So I find myself a bit more timid about crossing streets, so I support accessible pedestrian signals and detectable warnings as a means to improve my safety. I want to encourage you to do whatever you can to help those of us who are sightless. I realize that some blind people don't feel they need them, and perhaps they don't, but I do, and I know that there are others who do. Thank you for considering my thoughts, interests and desires.

Gratefully,

Russ Reinert