Talking about sidewalks

Dan Lorentz documents various 'sidewalk infelicities' over at his place, and it's pretty cool work he's doing ...

Crumbling sidewalks. Obstructed sidewalks. Unconnected, interrupted or otherwise incomplete sidewalks. Excessively narrow sidewalks. Unsafe sidewalks. Disrespected sidewalks. All of these are examples of what I consider “infelicities.”

The more general way of putting this is: Sidewalks should be continuous, well defined, unobstructed, safe and efficient in giving pedestrians access to places*—and anything that violates these criteria is an infelicity.

He's focused on the Prince Avenue corridor near downtown Athens-Clarke County right now, and he's done a solid job in showing how much of that area is not pedestrian-friendly at all ... despite its proximity to a high foot traffic area and connectivity to neighborhoods.

In addition, Dan's followed up with a post suggesting how such 'infelicities' could be addressed by citizens.