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How many of us who cross busy streets daily have been buzzed at one time or another in the crosswalk by a car whose driver apparently just couldnt wait for the walker to clear the road?
Too many, it turns out. And most of the time, all you can do is shake it off, clench your teeth and bite your lip.
Unfortunately, pedestrians in our automobile-dominated culture are too often ignored in this manner. Sometimes the results are tragic. St. Louis is one of the U.S. cities whose rate of pedestrian injuries or deaths has grabbed the attention of the Federal Highway Administration. The agency has included it among its so-called focus cities that require extra attention to shore up safety.
I think everyone is just starting to become aware of this pedestrian-safety issue, said Meredith Klekotka, TravelGreen manager at Trailnet Inc. in St. Louis.
Americans are walking and bicycling more. So while motor vehicle crash fatalities are on the decline, the number of pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and deaths have been on the rise since 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Part of the problem can be traced to our culture and part of it can be linked to the construction of St. Louis roads, which were designed for a larger city, she said. Pedestrians who cross downtown streets, for instance, can spend 80 to 90 feet in a street. Meantime, pedestrians may have to go well out of their way to cross at a downtown corner. As a result, we see a lot of dangerous mid-block crossings.
Missouris pedestrian laws, meanwhile, are antiquated. They have been on the books since the mid-1960s, are not as tough as laws in other states and are probably out of date, Klekotka said.
Making our streets safer for pedestrians will take a multipronged approach, according to safety advocates such as Klekotka. Laws will have to give police more authority to enforce crosswalk safety. Streets can be re-engineered to reduce a pedestrians exposure. (We have seen curb extensions that reduce the actual driving surface that needs to be crossed on foot.) And there is plenty of room for public education.
On the national stage, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx has declared pedestrian and bicyclist safety a top department priority.
Tougher laws dont necessarily mean pedestrians would be safe. A survey released last week by the Active Transportation Alliance showed that drivers stopped less than 20 percent of the time when pedestrians tried to cross a street within a marked crosswalk. Compliance was lower on unmarked crossings, the group said.
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The bare, white retaining walls along South Elm Street in Creston are like an open canvas for Creston: Arts Council.
What do they have planned for this canvas?
Last week, Brian Zachary with Creston: Arts proposed to Creston City Council hiring a professional painter to complete a mural on the white walls. This mural would be a historical timeline with about 10-14 images from Crestons history.
UCDA and Southwestern have been building and improving this main approach into Uptown and we wanted to help, Zachary said. Murals really enhance the environment and make citizens proud of their city.
Brian Mullin is the painter recommended by Creston: Arts for this project. The 57-year-old Mullin is a 1975 graduate of Creston High School who now owns a commercial and fine arts business in Corning called Mullin Graphic Communications.
Some Crestonians may remember the 1900-era Summit Lake-themed drawing he did for Iowa State Savings Bank during Chalk the Town event on the Fourth of July earlier this summer. Mullin has been a professional artist for the past 35 years.
I know this hasnt been approved yet so I have one foot on the brake and one on the gas, Mullin said. But, Im excited for this project as I spent one summer working in the Creston railyard replacing ties and rails, driving spikes and a whole gamut of other maintenance work. Im intrigued by several other of the images proposed, too.
Mullins fee to complete this project is $6,500 and includes primer, paint and labor. The mural would survive 7 to 10 years.
Zachary requested paying for Mullins services with the citys hotel/motel funds. The council is expected to approve or deny these funds Tuesday when they discuss Creston: Arts Councils budget.
If approved, Mullin could get started this fall and possibly complete the mural this year. See a list of proposed images for this mural, right. Mullin has been instructed to keep these images simple so theyll be easier to view when driving.
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