Jimmy_kong253 t1_jec561i wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:56 PM

This is every city how they are allowed to shutdown a sidewalk and get away with telling people to Cross the street is beyond me. The Shaq tower was the worst offender I seen the elderly and people having to run across the busy intersection because they didn't know the sidewalk was shutdown

RKO36 t1_jec77ak wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:10 PM

This isn't how you shut down a sidewalk. You're supposed to have signage at the nearest crosswalk alerting people that it's closed ahead so they can cross appropriately or provide safe, protected passage in the street.

Mysticpoisen t1_jecymu0 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:37 AM

Or if it's a dense city with a lot of pedestrian traffic, use raised scaffolding when nothing is going on at ground level to let pedestrians pass underneath.

It's more expensive, and introduces liability, so nobody does it in cities where it isn't enforced.

Agile-Win-6615 t1_jees7pn wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:18 PM

They need to open the sidewalks around shaq tower soon, its been 2 years of absolute mayhem crossing 21 especially with the Gateway Center pedestrian tunnel closed. Its so unsafe in that intersection!!