I ve been walking to school for about two years now and I don t want to tell you how many times I have been almost run over, said fifth grader Annika Barman. It s scary. I don t want to die young. … There have been incidents where I ve been, like, an inch away from a car – an inch! – and I can t tell you how much that terrifies me.
Katie Behroozi, a Complete Streets commissioner, said she favored the sidewalk option too, arguing that the safest sidewalk is the one that is not shared with cars.
On the other hand, Sharon Road resident Allison Bird said that she d never had problems navigating the route because she d been taught how to walk safely. I was not buried in a phone, I didn t have headphones in. Some responsibility here is needed, she said.