Jan. 15, 2009, originally uploaded by TedSher.
It began as a Sierra Club screening of a documentary on the history of traffic control in New York City but discussion quickly turned to the plight of walkers and bicyclists in St. Cloud where the automobile to be the focus of city planning. The mayor and city planner were there, insisting that the town has one of the best bus systems in Minnesota for small cities, that sidewalks are making a comeback, that offtrail bicycling facilities are among the best in the midwest. This morning, two angry drivers honked at me and another rolled down his window and cursed while I was crossing busy 9th avenue south on a pedestrian priority crosswalk.
