Comments on: New “People’s 311″ Site Maps Street Hazards http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/27/new-peoples-311-site-maps-street-hazards/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cochon http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/27/new-peoples-311-site-maps-street-hazards/comment-page-1/#comment-36298 cochon Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:26:08 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/27/new-peoples-311-site-maps-street-hazards/#comment-36298 yeah, because the government has never prioritized improvements in affluent neighborhoods over poor ones before. yeah, because the government has never prioritized improvements in affluent neighborhoods over poor ones before.

]]> By: steve http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/27/new-peoples-311-site-maps-street-hazards/comment-page-1/#comment-36269 steve Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:52:18 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/27/new-peoples-311-site-maps-street-hazards/#comment-36269 Excellent point, Larry. There is definitely a wide range of high- and low- priority problems on the site, and I don't see how it could be any other way. But it does strike me that with this technology someone with a camera, internet access and some time can bring a lot of attention to bear on neighborhood that could easily get ignored in the process otherwise. Excellent point, Larry. There is definitely a wide range of high- and low- priority problems on the site, and I don’t see how it could be any other way. But it does strike me that with this technology someone with a camera, internet access and some time can bring a lot of attention to bear on neighborhood that could easily get ignored in the process otherwise.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/27/new-peoples-311-site-maps-street-hazards/comment-page-1/#comment-36268 Larry Littlefield Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:10:21 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/27/new-peoples-311-site-maps-street-hazards/#comment-36268 One problem. What if the government started priortizing problems identified by people's 311? And what if those problems were all in neighborhoods with affluent, educated residents? I think that selective attention and enforcement is what the scout teams were designed to counteract. On the other hand, if the affluent and educated took the responsibility to do things like this, perhaps the scout teams could be concentrated in more voiceless neighborhoods to greater effect. One problem. What if the government started priortizing problems identified by people’s 311? And what if those problems were all in neighborhoods with affluent, educated residents?

I think that selective attention and enforcement is what the scout teams were designed to counteract.

On the other hand, if the affluent and educated took the responsibility to do things like this, perhaps the scout teams could be concentrated in more voiceless neighborhoods to greater effect.

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/27/new-peoples-311-site-maps-street-hazards/comment-page-1/#comment-36261 gecko Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:49:53 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/27/new-peoples-311-site-maps-street-hazards/#comment-36261 powerful powerful

]]> By: galvo http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/27/new-peoples-311-site-maps-street-hazards/comment-page-1/#comment-36245 galvo Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:20:52 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/27/new-peoples-311-site-maps-street-hazards/#comment-36245 i have been doing this with Hudson river greenway problems. i contact the agency responsible via the web and email and send them a link to the flickr photo of the hazard. they are usually responsive. i also report roadway steel plate problems via the dot website. http://www.flickr.com/gp/72438389@N00/5c7S9c i have been doing this with Hudson river greenway problems. i contact the agency responsible via the web and email and send them a link to the flickr photo of the hazard. they are usually responsive. i also report roadway steel plate problems via the dot website.
http://www.flickr.com/gp/72438389@N00/5c7S9c

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