[Highland Park] Re: Neighborhood Digest, Vol 33, Issue 29
Hello, This issue is a good one for me to begin posting on this list. I live at 919 N. Euclid, and I frequently walk up to the Park. It boggles my mind that there is no concession to pedestrians at the intersection of Bunker Hill and Highland Ave. Highland Park is a major Pittsburgh City park...do they not anticipate that there will be frequent human crossings at that intersection? Why would it be that they would allow traffic to careen (there's just no other word for it) around the corner onto Highland, and to do so blindly (a driver cannot see what or who might be in their path as they hurtle into the turn), often in excess of 30 mph)? I agree, it's nothing short of miraculous that no one has been injured or killed while trying to cross into one of the city's major parks at that intersection. Very, very often, I see families with young children crossing there, mothers and fathers with baby carriages, children crossing with bikes, etc. No crosswalk? No stop sign? No reluctant nod to caution of any sort whatsoever? If anyone sees a homemade stop sign duct-taped to the post thereabouts, please assume that it was me...and I hope that it can aid your crossing into the park in some small way, before I'm hauled off in chains for defacing public property... --David Passmore
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Dave Passmore