I am writing to state my opposition to the draft guidelines concerning detectable warnings and audible traffic signlas issued by the Access Bard on June 17, 2002. Requiring audible traffic signlas at every corner with a Walk/Don't-Walk sign would be highly detrimiental to blind persons and would inhibit rather than promote safe travel for blind people. Requiring detectable warnings at every street crossing is an unnecesary and costly measure; blind travelers do not need detectable warnings at every street crossing, only at crossings where the slope of the ramp leading inot the street is 11 to 15 or more inches. The independence and safety of blind people will be effected in a drastily negative way if these guidelines are adopted.

Tonia Trapp
 

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