Not everyone can afford a car as gas prices go up. It's shortsighted not to look at those improvements. At the corner of Southwest 27th Avenue and Southwest 31st Street will be a new, 1,000-student Catholic high school. So a lot of kids will be walking to school. Plus, two subdivisions exist on the route, and another is planned.
Sidewalks are fluff, some say.
Others, including me, think they're fundamental. Surely we can agree that retrofitting them later is really dumb while planning ahead is wise. The next MPO meeting, where this subject will come up again, is Oct. 24, at 4 p.m. in the commission auditorium. Be there, even if you have to walk. Lucy Tobias is a Star-Banner columnist.