A piece in the Boston Globe lists 10 reasons to be nice to pedestrians in 2011.
1. If you’re driving, you’ll soon be one. Think of how deferential you are in the parking lot outside Target. You know that as soon as you park the car, you’re going to be in their shoes, trying to cross or deposit a shopping cart.
2. Some very famous crosswalks are being honored with historic designation — the one used by the Beatles for the cover of Abbey Road (28 IF? No socks for Paul).
3. Because our children deserve Safe Routes to School.
4. Walking (and biking, and roller-blading) consumes no fossil fuels and discharges no carbon emissions to worsen global warming.
Seattle drivers may not be as discourteous as their Boston counterparts, but these reminders are useful nonetheless.
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