Re: Speaking of Hwy 95

[Ron Force <rforce@uidaho.edu>]

John Francis wrote:
> 
> Getting across the couplets in the 8th St. area of Moscow as a pedestrian
> is challenging  but exciting if you're  agile, but try it when accompanying
> someone who is slow or elderly.  You need nerves of steel and some luck, or
> must walk blocks out of your way to find a convoluted route of safe
> crossing points.    From a pedestrian's viewpoint, the 8th St. area around
> the couplet is an engineering atrocity.

Right!  Say you come walking down College to Eighth.  There's no
crosswalk at Jackson.  If you stay on the South side of the street to S.
Main, there's no crossing there, either. You have to take your chances
crossing Jackson at the curve to get to the North East side of the
street in order to cross Main.  Not much fun during "rush minutes", and
doubly dangerous in the dark winter months.
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