07-05-2017, 09:51 AM
Another day, another sorry state of walking in the city. The construction work on Hickory at King St. has for a while now been blocking the sidewalk on the west side of King. This is unfortunate because it is a busy sidewalk and crossing twice is very time consuming (like 2-3 minutes), so most just run through the traffic lane when necessary.
This morning the crews are also blocking the crosswalk across King on the north side of Hickory. So, now there's no way to get through. I pointed this out to the foreman who offered to help walk me across the sidewalk. But assholery aside, the light turned green, the bus and traffic cleared and there's a group of students and an elderly man standing at the edge of the road wondering how to get across. The students made a break for it against the light, through active traffic. The elderly man stood there and continued to look worried.
This is of course the type of thing that will lead to an collision, injuries, maybe a fatality, and everyone will read the news, *shrug* and say, well they shouldn't have j-walked.
I am in a very frustrated mood this morning, forgive the rant.
This morning the crews are also blocking the crosswalk across King on the north side of Hickory. So, now there's no way to get through. I pointed this out to the foreman who offered to help walk me across the sidewalk. But assholery aside, the light turned green, the bus and traffic cleared and there's a group of students and an elderly man standing at the edge of the road wondering how to get across. The students made a break for it against the light, through active traffic. The elderly man stood there and continued to look worried.
This is of course the type of thing that will lead to an collision, injuries, maybe a fatality, and everyone will read the news, *shrug* and say, well they shouldn't have j-walked.
I am in a very frustrated mood this morning, forgive the rant.