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Log Island Parkway Sidewalk Ends
12024-05-17T12:07:29-07:00Olivia Jin25ae5b98330330db68b0cba27db508b6ef89c845445451plain2024-05-17T12:07:29-07:00Olivia Jin25ae5b98330330db68b0cba27db508b6ef89c845On Vanderbilt Parkway, a parkway located on Long Island, New York, there is a high school and a public library, all surrounded by residential properties. Although it is expected for there to be safe pedestrian walkways for the students and local residents to walk on, there is a sidewalk that abruptly ends, forcing the students and pedestrians to walk on the shoulder of a busy and curvy parkway. Due to the sidewalk abruptly ending, the students and pedestrians have to be more alert about their safety, and even more so, the drivers on the road must either shift away from the shoulder or slow down, in order to assure the safety of the students and pedestrians, causing there to be a disruption in the parkway traffic. Also near the sidewalk, is a large curve in the road, which can potentially be a dangerous blind spot for both the drivers and the students and pedestrians. Since there is an abruptly ended sidewalk and a bend in the road, the students who walk are walking on a dangerous road every day.