Comments on: Decatur Still Georgia’s Most Walkable City http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/12/05/decatur-still-georgias-most-walkable-city/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:44:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: tom http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/12/05/decatur-still-georgias-most-walkable-city/#comment-163376 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:32:40 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21282#comment-163376 Get with the program Vidal and Lamont.

]]> By: At Home in Decatur http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/12/05/decatur-still-georgias-most-walkable-city/#comment-163336 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:44:34 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21282#comment-163336 Yeah, right. Folks who opposed the sidewalks included folks who still believe that sidewalks bring ne’er-do-wells into the neighborhood–some of them were seniors and some have since died, some were folks who had planted stuff on the city’s right of way part of “their” yard, and some were folks who felt that sidewalks would aggravate storm water drainage issues.

]]> By: Dana Blankenhorn http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/12/05/decatur-still-georgias-most-walkable-city/#comment-163317 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:42:08 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21282#comment-163317 Does that mean that if me or my kid is run over by a car walking in the Lamont/Vidal area we can sue the neighbors?

Almost makes me want to walk there.

]]> By: At Home in Decatur http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/12/05/decatur-still-georgias-most-walkable-city/#comment-163258 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:37:10 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21282#comment-163258 My understanding of the Lamont/Vidal situation is that there was never a poll, just some really vocal opponents who organized a petition. There were plenty of folks there who were disappointed that they did not get a sidewalk, maybe even a majority–who knows? But they didn’t know enough to organize a counter-petition. The problem is that the Lamont/Vidal decision didn’t just affect Lamont/Vidal, it affected anyone in the city who might walk on Lamont/Vidal which connects Scott and Clairemont and is an alternative to walking along busy highways. That’s why I don’t think it should be just a decision by the residents of the streets involved. Others who use the streets should be able to weigh in too. And definitely it shouldn’t be a decision of the loudest.

]]> By: Scott http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/12/05/decatur-still-georgias-most-walkable-city/#comment-163253 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:08:28 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21282#comment-163253 I believe you’re right, Steve, which just reveals a larger problem with the system. Only in single-entry subdivision thinking does the argument that sidewalks are only for the use of adjacent residents a relevant argument. In a connected city working to become even more connected (it’s one of our key strategic goals, fer gawdsake), allowing resident wagon-circling to supersede larger goals is politically cowardly.

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