District Should Welcome Walkers, Not Ticket Them

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Rather than targeting pedestrians, the District should be helping pedestrians. It should fine drivers who do not yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk. It should fine drivers who block crosswalks after the light has changed. It should create safe walkways around construction sites and explore different traffic-light patterns that don't allow vehicles to turn when pedestrians are in the crosswalk.

In the meantime, I'll be leaving for work five minutes earlier tomorrow, so I have time to scout out the police waiting to ticket me.

Or, on second thought, maybe I'll just drive to work. Is that what the District would prefer?

-- Christa Clapp

Washington

christaclapp@hotmail.com

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