01-24-2018, 11:18 AM
(01-24-2018, 10:53 AM)Section ThirtyOne Wrote: How is what people are doing now not considered jaywalking? You're probably thinking the word was used to promote some sort of negative spin perhaps, but crossing Victoria right at the trail fits the definition...
Also, lets play the devils advocate here shall we? Yes, people are being lazy and taxpayers are paying 2 million dollars because of it. 2 million to save trail users a 125m detour is not a good use of funds IMO; that money could be better spent elsewhere as part of a need rather than a 'nice to have'.
It is jaywalking, but the correct fix is to install a proper crossing rather than tut-tutting at people who are just trying to get to where they need to be. We regularly spend huge amounts of money to straighten out roads and make car routes more direct; to even suggest that the trail is not worthy of the same consideration is basically a form of bigotry as far as I’m concerned. Now of course, like all projects, trail improvements need to pass a cost/benefit test; it wouldn’t be worth modifying the intersection for a couple of people per day. But this trail is a major traffic route. Also please note as pointed out by others the island installation will not cost $2 million; that is the entire project cost, including many other improvements.