You know what we need? We need a few more people on the City Council or the Uptown Improvement District board who are young enough to be awake after 10 p.m., when McKinney Avenue becomes a Survival Zone. Narrow sidewalks, consumers of adult beverages, taxis cruising for customers at 5 m.p.h., and bars with customers spilling out onto the streets make the avenue a target-rich environment for slightly inebriated drivers dodging the slow-moving taxis to pick off pedestrians trying to cross the street.
Now that Dallas finally has actual pedestrians I suggest we try to preserve as many of them as we can. Cedar Springs has crosswalks with flashing yellow lights embedded in the pavement (and, yes, flashing yellow traffic lights, too — a little bit of overkill, if you ask me).
(Hi, Angela Hunt. Yep, this is your district. Yes, I know, I could have just dropped you a note. But then I would have had to look up your email address since you don’t write me so much anymore. And that makes me sad.)
