Do you know how much a gallon of gas costs now? I don't.

[Gormy Cuss]

26. I attended a community meeting recently on the topic of safe routes for school kids.

This area is more small urban than suburban but the jurisdiction is a county rather than a city or town and that means we don't have amenities like sidewalks even though there are always people walking themselves or their dogs in the neighborhood.

The transportation planner asked for a show of hands indicating how many of us walked to school as kids. In a room of about 60 adults, the vast majority raised their hands. When the planner then asked how many of their own kids walked to school (whether with the parent or alone) only a few raised their hands.

At least our county was starting to address the lack of safe pedestrian access near the elementary school. That's a start.