Word: chopra
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...when Rohit Chopra '04 arrived at Harvard, he was struck by a lack of pedestrian walk signs like the ones that had populated his native Philadelphia. After being elected to the Undergraduate Council, he quickly moved to pass a bill earlier this past fall to make the Square a safer place...
...both Wynne and Chopra, the Square, with its Byzantine traffic circles, fast drivers and masses of students was an accident waiting to happen...
...Undergraduate Council passed a resolution written by Chopra that called for "Yield to Pedestrians" signs to be installed along Mass. Ave. and Mt. Auburn St. and for increased enforcement of pedestrian yield laws...
...despite almost unanimous approval by the council, the resolution has met with little success. Chopra expressed dismay at what he considered a lack of movement by the University administration and the Cambridge Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department...
...They weren't really responsive to the resolution until [the accident] happened," Chopra says. "They're more interested in dealing with things after they happen, not before then. These were preventative measures, but they didn't start talking about them until after the fact...