SUMP: 3026 Kenwood Ave
In many cities across the country, bicycle lanes have become a more and more familiar sight as communities realize the value of having designated lanes dedicated to cyclists to keep them safely away from automobiles. Keep bicycles apart from cars, trucks, and SUVs while maintaining fair usage of the street. It all makes perfect sense.
What does not make sense is the sight of kids on scooters/skateboards, people in wheelchairs, and parents behind strollers sharing the street with dangerous automobile neighbors. We need wheelchair lanes! Stroller lanes! Kid lanes! Then only will we mitigate the likelihood of an errant swerve from either vehicle or pedestrian into each other's path.
But wait, settle down--such lanes already exist. They are called Sidewalks, where kids, elderly ladies, mothers, and babies alike belong. A hole in the sidewalk, when scaled, is equivalent not to a pothole on the street, but a sinkhole. Sidewalks are just as important as roads: if funds can be invested to repair potholes in our asphalt streets, they definitely can and should be invested in repairing potholes in our concrete sidewalks.
Where are the missing sidewalks in your block?
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