‘We all sit there in long lines putting carbon in the air’

To the editor-

Re: October 20 news story ‘Bike Council drops barriers on North Avenue’: They are saying this is a ‘pilot’ but that is how they always pull off this crap – can you believe how ugly this is? “Temporary?” Yeah, right.      

Also they took out two turn lanes going both ways at the end of Plattsburg Ave. So we all sit there in long lines putting carbon in the air. They just try to intentionally make driving irritating.

All they had to do was pave the sidewalks and make them a little wider when they did and all bikers and walkers would be safer on the sidewalks. Sidewalks on these types of roads don’t have a ton of traffic. So that would have worked. But no! That wouldn’t inconvenience a motor vehiclist – so that is out.   

This is the lie they are telling us. So our way of life is compromised because we have to live in a permanent construction zone. Ugh!

-Karen Rowell