Update on my "slow street" opening. They finally put the slow street into effect the same week they re opened the beaches (less than a mile away) and parks for walking. 2 areas a few miles apart comprising a series of short connected streets in all of LA which is probably 20 miles by 40 miles in size. So far I have not seen very many people coming out to use them, not even neighborhood people who have their own lightly traveled streets in this single family house neighborhood. . This has not done a thing for the apartment house areas where 15-50 x more families use the same streets. I still think they should have closed those streets affording apt dwellers the chance to walk safely in the roads. Local traffic is still allowed.
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@Shop-et-al wrote:
Unless this is a gated community, anyone can walk there anyway. What I do not understand is why one particular neighborhood was chosen for this [honor; privilege; horror; insurance nightmare; ?] What was their process?
True, but still limited and not advertised either. Here in Virginia, Northam's executive order thru June 10 (although, it's constantly changing, so maybe it's shortened or extended by now) says gatherings cannot be more than 10 people and IF you go out to exercise, you MUST social distance with 6 feet of space for non-family members.
People often walk in their OWN neighborhoods.
Even if some place had a huge outbreak of COVID-19 and people didn't feel safe walking there, why the heck would they designate MY STREET! Seriously. Really dumb! Go designate a park or school...or public grounds like beaches that sandyf spoke of. To designate some street is to advertise that to people as the place to go. Even if they could have gone anyways, now you have a specific street in people's minds.[/quote]