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Seeing Bumpouts as Assets
I am a Camp Street resident and I happen to be a big fan of the bumpouts in Summit. I run through there all the time and the bumpouts slow speeding traffic down and put pedestrians at more visible locations when waiting to cross. I see this as a great asset to the neighborhood.
Sure I too am frustrated with the drug dealing and all of its ramifications on Camp Street that I have come to see on a daily basis. Why let that ruin a good thing in Summit though?
There will always be crime issues that are more important than things that seem silly like bumpouts, but that doesn't mean we should discourage them. In an urban neighborhood, even the smallest things have a trickle effect. How many people have been injured in the drug trade over the past few years versus how many pedestrians have been nailed by cars in that same period? I don't know the answer but I could bet that in most urban areas it would even out.
Adam
Posted at May 14, 2007 07:16 PM
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