We don't yet let our daughter walk to/from school by herself. My wife or I (or some other adult we trust) drop her off and pick her up. That's still not a reason to drive, though...
As for getting the sidewalk addressed...here's the problem:
The "sidewalk" in front of our house is technically a bike trail, installed and maintained by the county. This asphalt trail ends (or technically, begins) at the intersection at the top of the hill. From that intersection to the school, it is an actual sidewalk (poured concrete), which is maintained by the state. The sidewalk turns at the intersection and follows the side street. At the intersection, the sidewalk is on top of a small embankment (about 3 feet high), and does not come down to street level at the intersection. So, when walking up to the school from our house, we follow the bike trail to the intersection, where it ends. Across the street is a 3 foot high embankment with a sidewalk on top of it. Because the sidewalk and the bike path were installed and maintained by different jurisdictions, neither one is going to feel that fixing this issue is their problem. We are planning to talk to our representative on the County Board of Supervisors (who is generally pretty responsive), but I'm not holding my breath on getting things fixed anytime soon.
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rosecarmine
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Date: 2006-06-06 05:20 pm (UTC)As for getting the sidewalk addressed...here's the problem:
The "sidewalk" in front of our house is technically a bike trail, installed and maintained by the county. This asphalt trail ends (or technically, begins) at the intersection at the top of the hill. From that intersection to the school, it is an actual sidewalk (poured concrete), which is maintained by the state. The sidewalk turns at the intersection and follows the side street. At the intersection, the sidewalk is on top of a small embankment (about 3 feet high), and does not come down to street level at the intersection. So, when walking up to the school from our house, we follow the bike trail to the intersection, where it ends. Across the street is a 3 foot high embankment with a sidewalk on top of it. Because the sidewalk and the bike path were installed and maintained by different jurisdictions, neither one is going to feel that fixing this issue is their problem. We are planning to talk to our representative on the County Board of Supervisors (who is generally pretty responsive), but I'm not holding my breath on getting things fixed anytime soon.