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242 • <br />I'a;e 1 ot'z <br />~'~rr1:.~~i~a-i <br />From: Ferry MAGUif~L~ ~tm~gufre~ncvvspaper_c€rmt <br />Sent: Ti ttursd~y+ Au~g~rst 21, 20t~811;47 A~ <br />"t'~: Corn~~'IanCJpefa3~ <br />~~sbj~et: F'~elestriar:s <br />I v4•c~ulcl. life 1.o acl~t ooze ~nclxe Fief commet~ a64ut the clra~t in€t~ter plat. ~~to~}• ~r~ t~iree its}•.ns from flat <br />cira;it that include references to pe~estriaats. <br />I•n editill~ the droll p1ar~, I t~rgc ya>z to treat a rtet',hrark. of sFcioti~~.ll~.s, firails, crc,ss-~alks, etc. ~'t!r <br />pedesiriaals precisely iii the same ir~~zricr a€: ~ntx #reat ~e supporting infeast~~aetatre for duto~t~l~iles anc3 <br />ct}x~r can~~eyances, including bicycles. <br />lya-i- i meaty is that w~ need to have a ~.~~-~ fr~nctio~zal nefwc~rk ofpcc]esi~iati raittes tbroughr~ut the <br />entire cvu>aty such that. a pe~sot~ eai~ waltc at feast cv~ery1vhere ti>a•~t a car can to. 'T'his net work•~leserves <br />the same ~;~re alid attention as has k~ae1~ gi~r~l tc~ r~,~irt~ sera tYtat a car leavirr ~ ore end of the courntw <br />urn reach tlz~ at]~e~- etari Ott soinc s;rstem ar ncturork of roads. A pedest-rzat~ i.s etatitleci la nc~tilizrg less. <br />X live ire So~llnetn~ ~Til]age, fay` oxarrlple, arlrl Svc have a superb .network of side~vallcs ixcre. <br />l3iit if I ~~>attt try ~,vallc tc, t;~7boro, tll~ por#~or~ ofthe ~.-a~k. that :E J~av~e rat~~tt~ cal~ttitr~d iz~ the ~~liiise <br />~c1c~~~T ~ ~mFth Lev~1 ~.c-~d -has na provision afi a~ i't~r ged~st~ax~s: <br />-4'QF <br />• ~ .1 .' . iY••.'fi <br />I. cite ti~is oi~I}+ its an exa.~~pl~ ul:'ti~c paint i ha~-e inadc abo~~e. Pcdestriar~.s dese~~te notiru~ less fan e <br />same level of ir~tercanneeted waikir~ rv~tes t7~al autorrtbbiles navtr ~ja. <br />(~ran~e ~`.at~nty should cc~narnil itself, pis a goal at etc r~lli~ilntitnz; to create thfs kind of tras~.sportatian <br />oq~tity c~~! an agbressi~re, sehedul4..At ~e vet Fast, the goal itselt'>1e~cis to 1~c a pari of ibe plan. <br />Thank ~rau. <br />;'~Zv address Fs I ~3 Gr"+kyiyri T.~rxvc, Cl~apc~t Hil3, '~]~; z75 ] G ar~d the pl~arle is 9.I St-9~0-A~5()3. <br />~~z~i2~p8 <br />