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| Baby carriages "break and dodge" this sidewalk shrub on their way down 166th. See the sign? |
It looks like our city is paying extra attention to pedestrian use of our sidewalks - that's what they're for, right? Have you seen the classy new Downtown Pedestrian ZONE signs with the "baby-and-carriage-logo"? Sometimes it's hard to believe you can fit a baby and carriage on some of our sidewalks but I've seen mother's doing it lately. On Saturday, a some neighbors were doing a knot-weed (invasive) pull from a city culvert near the Redmond Presbyterian Church when we saw two mom's hitting the sidewalk hill with double carriages! Pedestrian families still have to bob and weave around sidewalk shrubs, but they don't seem to mind. Do you see the "blue" pedestrian walking down 166th Avenue past the I wonder if the signs are helping?
The Streets Division is also beefing up their sidewalk maintenance. I've been walking a lot with my daughter and last week they were pressure washing debris from the 171st Street and 166th Ave. sidewalks. I don't think it's ever been done before. There was so much stuff the bicyclists had to find safe harbor on the sidewalks for a while. Do you notice? Hoofing up 104th Street past Laura's neighborhood garden it appears the city is even grinding sidewalk bumps.
One of our favorite walks is to the corner PCC grocery store center where we can grab a cup and some food half-way and see the local horse culture. Walking Redmond sidewalks is an easy way to get exercise.
By Bob Yoder
These photos were taken with an I-phone and edited on Picasa. The new Windows Nokia Lumia 900 camera phone has gotten good reviews and I'd like to try it here!
June 21 - a landscaper for the city or property owner spent several days trimming back shrubs from this sidewalk area by the sign. I'm not sure if code enforcement was involved or greater awareness by the residents (including council).
ReplyDeleteCouncil touched on the the walkable comm. signs during their study session on speed feedback /beacon signs for Redmond Lutheran Church /95th intersection.
I still don't understand what the Pedestrian Zone signs are intended to do. Redmond is very hilly, and with its shops restricted to the central business core and the lack of sidewalks in many of the residential neighborhoods, it's a very un-walkable city...how do the signs change any of that? Sorry for trolling, but I just see the signs as a distraction that take my eyes off of the road.
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