Sticks of Fire reader Taylor sent this to us recently: A group of Tampa residents headed by Mimi Conneely are pushing for a crosswalk at the north end of Bayshore. Currently there is no safe accommodation of foot, bike or wheelchair traffic to or from Davis Islands, leaving S.O.L. anybody without a car who needs to [...]
The St. Pete Times says that accidents involving motorized scooters are on the upswing. The story came on the heels of a truck running into a scooter in Largo, when 84 year old Jack Schaffer was killed while trying to cross six lane Missouri Av. Cops say Mr. Schaffer was not in [...]
After hearing how miserable Tampa Bay is for walking, we get this from Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater: Charming Florida Town Named America ’s “Most Walkable” Dunedin’s Top Ranking Debunks Brookings Institution Study The Pinellas County town of Dunedin was voted America ’s “Most Walkable Small City” on Dec. 7, the result of a survey sponsored by RunThePlanet.com, an influential [...]
Who on earth decided to lay bricks down for the crosswalks in downtown Tampa? It must have been a man. A man that does not have a wife that works. On the crosswalks I use daily, you only have about 25 seconds to cross six lane Ashley St. Do you know [...]
