[Vision2020] With gas at $2.50 a gallon it is time to cut Crosswalknumbers

[J Ford]

Dick;

Since a GREAT many of these college kids don't use the crosswalks that are 
there, I agree with your plan.  Imagine being in Spokane, Seattle, Portland, 
and crossing whenever you feel like it - you won't be thinking twice about 
your mistake 'cause you'll be dead!  No, Moscow is nowhere near the size of 
these towns/cities, but neither do they have a vast college population that 
believes the world revolves around them.



>From: "Dick Schmidt" <dickschmidt at moscow.com>
>To: <nchaney at moscow.com>, <johnd at moscow.com>, <pegh at uidaho.edu>,        
><jon at n-k-ins.com>, <jmack at turbonet.com>, <lpall at moscow.com>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] With gas at $2.50 a gallon it is time to cut 
>Crosswalknumbers
>Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:23:57 -0700
>
>All,
>
>I have noticed the huge amount of pedestrian crosswalks in the city. With 
>gas prices at $2.50 a gallon it is time to cut the number of crosswalks, 
>where traffic must stop solely for a pedestrian, by at least half and you 
>probably could cut 2/3 and still have adequate crosswalks. Every time you 
>cause a 4,000 vehicle to stop it wastes gas and pollutes the air. Think of 
>all the trucks that have to stop at the same crossings.
>
>I particularly noticed on 3rd street between Hayes St. and Line St. there 
>are 15 crosswalks not including the 3 stoplights between them. In the main 
>part of town there are 4 crosswalks on Jackson and 9 on Washington St. in 
>addition to 2 stop lights on both streets.
>
>There will be some who whine that we need to have them for our college 
>students but these college students aren't paying my gas bills. This 
>situation just adds more unnecessary costs to the cost of living in Moscow 
>which is already very high. They can learn to cross where there is a light 
>to get to the downtown area.
>
>I hope you will look into this situation and right after school lets out 
>next month would be an excellent time to implement this.
>
>Dick Schmidt
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