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...Signal Success Your article "Signal Failure," on the theory of Dutch traffic engineer Hans Monderman that streets are actually safer without road signs, reminded me of an incident that occurred in Auckland one extremely wet weekday in winter [Feb. 25]. At 8 a.m., at the height of the rush hour, there was a major blackout that affected the entire city and lasted about four hours. All traffic lights were out. Police on point duty manned four major intersections in the CBD, and one or two others were manned for brief periods by public-minded citizens who did not mind getting...
...College has hired 24-hour security guards to patrol each of the College’s 12 undergraduate Houses in a move aimed at standardizing house security throughout the night...
Adams House Master Sean G. Palfrey ‘67 said there had been a number of criminal episodes in the month preceding the arrival of the 24-hour guards...
Palfrey added that he is still uncertain whether the 24-hour guards will be effective at increasing residential safety on campus. “As always, a show of increased security helps,” he said, “but I think probably what they’ll do is try it out for a period of time and see if it’s made any difference...
Even though the new policy requires all Houses to have 24-hour security, some do not currently have overnight guards on patrol...