Penny,<br> <br> My chief complaint about sidewalks is that they are not wide enough for wheelchairs. Not to mention that when someone in a wheelchair tries to cross a street there is either no slit in the curb or on a not a wide enough slit to get up the other side. Then people park their cars on the side of the road. This forces people in wheelchairs to roll down the center of the road. Very unsafe IMHO. <br> <br> Crosswalks should be wide, WC assessable, as level as possible, and have plenty of light during the evening and early night. D Street, with no sidewalks, and Third street with narrow sidewalks and heavy traffic are my chief concerns. <br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>Pennsylvania Place <penn_place_boise@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div>Hey All:</div> <div> </div> <div>I've seen on the list and the DN many complaints
about the lack of sidewalks on Mountain View. How about the older parts of town? Who do we complain to?</div> <div> </div> <div>I walk all over town, sometimes pushing a stroller. I have noticed many high traffic streets near the downtown core with NO sidewalks on EITHER side. How can we do something about this? Shouldn't it be in the street budget?</div> <div> </div> <div>Example 1: On West A Street, which is dang-near an arterial these days, there is NO sidewalk on EITHER side of the street between Jackson and Almon. On the north side you have the gravel lot belonging to St. John Hardware, on the South side you have a gravel lot belonging to that Heating & Air place in the former electric railroad depot.</div> <div> </div> <div>Anyone trying to walk down A street pushing a stroller (or god forbid a wheelchair!) would find it impossible.</div> <div> </div> <div>Example 2: Where Lilly crosses 3rd street, there is a crosswalk on
the west side of the intersection - which doesn't lead to a sidewalk! It leads right into Ambassador Auto's parking lot! Now, Ambassador Auto has been kind and pulled back their autos so there is now space to walk, but back in July and August you could not walk down Lilly without walking out in the middle of the street.</div> <div> </div> <div>Pedestrian Friendly Town, my ass!</div> <div> </div> <div>Penny P.</div> <div> </div><div> </div><hr size="1">Get your email and more, right on the <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42973/*http://www.yahoo.com/preview"> new Yahoo.com</a> =======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>=======================================================</blockquote><br><p> 
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