D: pic 1 is in the uptown Waterloo mall parking lot. Notice the rubber guide to keep the pavement in place
D: pic 2 is the same place, but with steel guides to prevent the pavement from cracking. Note it is in the best shape of any.
D: pic 2 and 3 are by Kumpf Drive on Northfield. The severe cracks on the sidewalk have not been repaired, unlike the road, which shows recent asphalt patches.
That track on the sidewalks is BRUTAL.
I have a mountain bike.
Now say baby stroller. Or wheelchair. Or decrepit old lady.
A twisted ankle, a broken hip.
I want you to complain. Call the city, or your local politician.
Ask why sidewalks are treated as the 'poor cousin' of roads.
Why have we made the car king?
D: aside - John called back in a timely fashion from Urban Planning.
It seems the bike lane sweeping was behind schedule cuz
1) they were playing catch-up on leaves that were caught by the fall snow and
2) the UW was spilling a lot of gravel.
D: OK... but Father David Bauer Drive still looks like a bomb hit. There are chunks of pavement the side of my fist all over the place. And heaps of gravel.
My advice: go on the sidewalk.
Many say 'build it and they will come'. No, they won't.
Build it WELL and MAINTAIN it and then they will.
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