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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an extremely stupid idea. This will just encourage people to go outside -- because hey it's a party in the streets! - and completely ignore social distancing. Bowser was right to reject this hare brained idea. [/quote]

This. [/quote]

People are going outside. For example, my parents, who are in their 80s. They are going outside on daily walks because they need exercise and sunlight. They also need to be able to stay six feet away from other people while they're getting their exercise and sunlight on their daily walks. But they can't stay six feet away from other people - unless the other people walk in the street - because the sidewalks aren't wide enough. Meanwhile there is all this street space, sitting empty. Repurpose it for the uses people are already putting it to, namely: walking in the street at appropriate distances from other people.[/quote]

Yeah there needs to be some dedicated areas for older people to walk. My parents are in the same boat. They’re active and need to remain active in order to be limber and healthy and balanced and sane. I go on walks with them almost every day now and every place we try to go is overrun. Right now we are just doing loops around a parking lot of a pool in their neighborhood and even that is getting overrun.

I have been doing my morning jog along a pretty much deserted access road to 395 and even that is getting crowded. People are literally running in the middle of the street. Thankfully cars are few and far between and seem to be slowing down and giving berth...so far.[/quote]

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