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   Peter T. Daniels to Phil Kane   
   Re: optimum power supply for subway/ligh   
   07 Sep 15 13:03:15   
   
   From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Monday, September 7, 2015 at 2:53:07 PM UTC-4, Phil Kane wrote:   
   > On Sun, 6 Sep 2015 22:47:51 +0000 (UTC), John Levine    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >>> DNA, since we (i.e. NYC) don't have ... stop signs (we have traffic   
   > >>> lights).   
   > >>   
   > >>Really, not a single one?   
   > >   
   > >In Manhattan, not many.  There are a few at T intersections and some   
   > >like the odd one in your picture that's a crosswalk for a pedestrian   
   > >mall, but I can't think of a four-way intersection without signale.   
   >   
   > Uh, Peter, Manhattan is not all of NYC.  We Brooklynites, no matter   
   > how long ago emigrated, know that for a fact.   
      
   Uh, Phil, that was John Levine.   
      
   Are parts of Brooklyn still in the stop-sign era? In these days of Vision Zero?   
      
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