Post in Lights on the light rail bike path

Peter

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Bob Hain <bob@me.umn.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 02:55:39PM -0500, niko tomlinson wrote:
>> I definitely agree that safety (both from crime and from running into a
>> ditch) is a very realistic concern which might justify the lighting on its
>> own.  I've been warned by people from all parts of the city not to ride on
>> the greenway after dark because of crime which to me means there's work to
>> be done there in some respect.  If lighting would really deter crime on some
>> of those unwatched bridge underside areas is up for debate though...maybe
>> the lighting would cause more people to use the greenway after dark which,
>> in addition to the lighting itself, would deter crime.
>>
>> To Peter's point, I like the idea of developing renewable, sustainable
>> methods for lighting if it were to go up.  The greenway should be maintained
>> as green as possible.
>>
>> I'm also no sure what businesses and residences are along the pathway and
>> whether light pollution be an issue (e.g. having a light all of the sudden
>> on every night in your previously unlit backyards)...
>>
>> -Niko
>>
>
> Just to be clear, we are talking about the Transit Way.  The Greenway
> is already lit and do not recall many complaints about light pollution.
>
> If the transitway were controlled by the same people that run the
> Greenway this would already have been done.
>
>
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