I have a better idea: concierge crosswalk service

Petition Seeks to Restore Police to Greenwich Ave Intersections

A group of Greenwich residents have started a petition to restore police to the intersections on Greenwich Avenue.

This week they have over 1,000 signatures.

They propose the 230-member Representative Town Meeting consider a Sense of the Meeting Resolution (SOMR) that talks about how Greenwich Ave has become a destination where drivers and pedestrians are confused at the intersections.

The petition mentions “hazardous conditions and impeded visibility.”

There may still be a few posh towns using police officers to escort pedestrians across the street — although when our own cops were first pulled from the Avenue, opponents claimed that their presence was what “distinguishes and sets Greenwich apart from other (lesser, presumably) towns” — but what a waste of limited resources. If some residents feel that they need assistance in traversing these two intersections, why don’t they use their own personal funds to set up a private concierge operation, where nervous nellies can reserve valet service in advance and thus be assured of safe passage, all at no cost to other taxpayers?