The parking lot at the Metroparks Zoo was filling up to capacity as I rode my bike over the Brighton-Brooklyn Bridge today. I was intrigued to note that some of the pedestrian crossing signal changers were gone--notably the street level boxes that allowed pedestrians to cross at Denison, ALDI's and Archwood.* I looked up and saw the sign advertising the new program at the zoo. [1] The sponsor is TCP. Who is TCP?
[2]
Further up the road, near Deaconess, the signal changers have been replaced with auditory signal changers. I didn't hear the signal changer, when the light changed to WALK, but it did make an auditory sound, when I push the button to signal a change.
It sure would be nice to know what's going on here in the neighborhood. Is that too much to ask? Because, if it's a good thing, we want to know it. Good things are...well, GOOD.
*the cynic in me says that this is the city's way of coping with higher than usual stop-and-go traffic on Pearl and the Brighton-Brooklyn bridge, as a result of warm weather and zoo traffic.
Links:
[1] http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/05/frogs_hogs_dogs_at_the_clevela.html
[2] http://www.tcpi.com/commercial/playhouse.aspx