Has there been a consideration of installing emergency phones on or near the bridges, and is that a sufficient alternative solution?
The university is examining the installation of emergency phones as a supplement to means restriction on bridges. In this we are guided by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the leading national network of crisis and suicide prevention hotlines. The Lifeline Steering Committee’s position is that the use of means restriction is the most effective way of preventing bridge suicides and that emergency phones or signs promoting awareness of suicide prevention hotlines or services should be only a supplement to means restriction on bridges.
