Pursuing happiness on Frazier Avenue
In Friday’s edition of the TFP, it appears that Dan Reuter, executive director of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency, would prefer that the bike lanes proposed for Frazier Avenue be “multiuse” lanes. I encourage him to reconsider this position.
Dedicated bike lanes must be reserved for bicycles only. Allowing walkers, strollers, children eating ice cream, pets on leashes, etc., into these spaces creates chaos out of simplicity. There’s already a place for these travelers, a place where they can lollygag, follow the various metal dance steps, gaze into shop windows, stare at the sky, study a menu: It’s called the sidewalk.
Please, Mr. Reuter, as you work to create a safer Frazier Avenue where we all may pursue happiness, do not confuse these two byways and their attendant purposes.
Sean Caulfield