From: Joe Hannibal [jhanniba@cmnh.org]
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 10:11 AM
To: greencitybluelake@greencitybluelake.org
Subject: Fwd: bridge sans pedestrians

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----- Forwarded Message -----
From: jhanniba@cmnh.org
To: JHosek@mpo.noaca.org
Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2009 10:10:01 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: bridge sans pedestrians

Dear Mr. Hosek,

I understand that you are participating in the planning or approval of a bridge sans pedestrians that will cross the Cuyahoga Valley.

I urge you to be inclusive in your bridge and make way for pedestrians. The bridge provides a stunning view of the Valley that cannot at all be appreciated from the window of a fast-moving car.

Indeed the stark segregation of pedestrians from automobiles via separate bridges in recent decades has been a missed opportunity, mostly for pedestrians.

The bridge you are now planning provides views that are evocative of the history of the Valley, both natural and cultural, that tell the story of our City writ large upon the curves of the Cuyahoga.

Please do not allow pedestrians to be deprived of yet another view.

 
Joe Hannibal
Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
1 Wade Oval Drive
Cleveland OH 44106-1767
USA

CMNH Invertebrate Paleontology website entry point:
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