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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, so for those of you who support sidewalks and increasing pedestrian infrastructure: are you OK with the City of Alexandria seeking a significant grant for a 1/4 mile sidewalk, or do you think those funds should be allocated to outstanding projects where there are no sidewalks on either side of the road within a school walk zone?  [/quote]

I'm ok with the City of Alexandria reallocating funding from road construction/expansion projects to sidewalk projects. How about you?

I'm not ok with you pitting one sidewalk project against other sidewalk projects. It's not this one OR that one. It's this one AND that one AND that one AND...[/quote]

Depends on the project and it depends on how you define construction.  Do you mean the transit corridor projects? Or the new road construction in Potomac Yard?

I am completely ok with pitting sidewalk projects against one another and so is the city.  I absolutely believe that transportation projects should be prioritized based on the safety benefit, especially when the funds allocated for these projects are limited.  I live in reality, where  - between the combined sewer project and the CIP for ACPS - Alexandria needs to prioritize every project of every type.  When I live in a utopia where AND and AND and AND are possible, I will absolutely agree that we shouldn't pit sidewalk projects against each other. [/quote]

Nope, when you favor "prioritizing every project of every type", then you don't prioritize pedestrian safety (let alone bicyclist safety). Because that always comes last.[/quote]

I meant within a category, not across the board. I thought that was clear because we are talking about sidewalk projects, particularly those for which the city seeks huge grant for 1/4 of a mile when other areas that desperately need even one sidewalk.

So if the city has a list of sidewalk needs, they should be ranked based on a clear set of factors, including: the presence of other sidewalks, proximity to schools (elementary in particular), proximity to mass transit, etc. The City of Alexandria does have a missing sidewalk list, but unfortunately who put it together and how it was ranked is very unclear, including to members of city council.

Also, you keep conflating cycling needs with pedestrian needs. They are not one and the same, and I personally believe (as a pedestrian but not a cyclist) that doing so can be a detriment to pedestrians. The city has ranked the needs of pedestrians above the needs of cyclists (which are both ranked above cars), and I would personally like to see more resources allocated toward projects that place the highest value on pedestrian safety (with the greatest need being streets with no sidewalks and pedestrian activity). [/quote]

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