A Ferocious Battle For The American Sidewalk

Across the U.S. competing interests are battling over sidewalks.

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January 6, 2003, 8:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Although the sidewalk has seen a resurgence in recent years in New Urbanist communities like Seaside, Fla., it remains a somewhat embattled entity. Only 10 percent of American children walk to school, for instance down from 69 percent in 1969... Ever mindful of traffic flow, engineers have reduced the time allotted to cross the street... Hallowed incubators of social interaction, sidewalks are currently the focus of various legal disputes across the country.

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