Working together on traffic problems

I was pleased to see a resident as passionate as Jean (Guilder, “A Long History of Traffic Complaints,” Op-ed, Sept. 18) on the problem of dangerous intersections. Because of residents like her, I launched the “Livable Streets” program within my first months in office to solicit resident views from 60,000 households on dangerous intersections and other street improvements.
I try to make my office available to residents through First Friday of the month meetings with me from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and Policy Night on the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at my office on 244 E. 93rd St., monthly mobile district hours at Stanley Isaacs, Lenox Hill, Lexington Houses and Roosevelt Island Senior Association, meetings of community board 6, 8 and 11, community meetings of precincts 17, 19, and 23, monthly electronic and print newsletters, a monthly free legal clinic, numerous street fairs, and four monthly forums on transportation safety issues. You can always contact me by calling 212-860-1950, emailing bkallos@benkallos.com, tweeting @BenKallos, liking /BenKallos or just dropping by our office. If you know of a dangerous intersection like Jean does, please report it to 311 and contact my office or visit BenKallos.com/Livable-Streets.
We can always do better and strive to do so in order to tackle the issue of safer streets through our office and the community continuing to work together as one.
Sincerely,
Ben Kallos
Council Member, District Five