To the editor:

On Wednesday afternoon, after this week’s snowstorm, I noticed a man walking in the traffic lane on Sixth Street because the sidewalks on Sixth Street weren’t shoveled. While it looked like he was suffering from some other issues, it brought to mind that businesses, private residences, apartment complexes and the city need to pay just as much attention to shoveling off sidewalks in front of their property, as they do clearing parking lots and driveways.

When streets are already made narrow and slick by snow and ice, pedestrians, joggers, and dog walkers need to have cleared sidewalks to walk on so they’re not trying to share the same space as cars dealing with slick and dangerous conditions.

Tom Worker-Braddock,
Lawrence