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And the Seminary can grant an easement for a sidewalk on their land to make the sidewalk less costly.  No one is going to use it expect residents of VTS. Also, why does the city need sidewalks in that location as opposed to the many, many other sidewalks that would cost a fraction of the money and are desperately needed, but not installed because they aren't in the budget?

I walk on Seminary nearly every day so please don't tell me about my concerns.  I am one of the ONLY pedestrians I ever see during my (nearly) twice daily walks. Staff f'ed up that design.

City already repaved the west side so no "keep it at 4" anytime soon. Because they don't really care about safety. I suspect you aren't involved in city traffic and safety related issues or you would already know that.

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Sidewalks on both sides are a standard part of every road. [/quote]

Ah, I know which poster you are. Sigh.

So I assume by your response that you think our priority should be use that $1.5M to get a sidewalk on at least one side of Alexandria streets where there are no sidewalks at all and residents have been waiting years for money. I can’t imagine anyone like you would disagree that those are the streets we should prioritize. Especially the ones were school kids are walking in the road itself to get to school. [/quote]

The priority should be greatly increasing the proportion of the total transportation budget that is spent on sidewalks, so that sidewalk projects don't have to compete against other sidewalk projects for the very small pot of sidewalk money.[/quote]

Yeah, I know. You have said the before. Look, it’s pretty obvious that people like you care more about bike lanes than you do about pedestrian safety. Otherwise you would also be outraged that the city is requesting $1.5 million grant for sidewalk that nobody is going to use when there are actual streets in Alexandria that do not have sidewalks at all and in which children are walking in the street. At least you make it clear where your priorities are.[/quote]

PP: The city should spend way more money on sidewalks.
You: "People like you care more about bike lanes than you do about pedestrian safety."[/quote]

No.

Me: the city should use the $1.5M grant to fund the backlog of missing sidewalks in areas where there are no sidewalks.

Anyone who disagrees with that and puts the onus back on pedestrians to lobby for money for sidewalks where those sidewalks are not linked to a bike lanes has their priorities backwards. And anyone who does not understand the underlying situation should not lecture others on it. I have debated with the prior pp before. That poster is not an Alexandria resident and has admitted they don’t know the issues involved. Their response is always “if you are unhappy, lobby for more money” as if that hasn’t been done for YEARS. But you know what hasn’t been done for years?  Getting a $1.5M grant for a sidewalk for about 1/4 of a mile where there is a sidewalk on the other side of the street and the city spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to add four pedestrian islands and will soon add four RPBs to help the very small community at the Seminary, who predominantly live and work on campus, cross the street on occasion.

Refusing to acknowledge that the city is applying for a grant to remedy a bad decision on their part (putting a sidewalk in the street itself) when there are very serious pedestrian safety concerns on others roads in Alexandria makes it clear that pedestrian safety is not a priority for that poster. Anyone who cares about pedestrian safety would want the city to spend that grant on streets that are completely missing sidewalks, particularly those near school walk zones. 
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