PD Editorial: Take down the Jennings Avenue barrier
The standoff over a Jennings Avenue rail crossing has dragged on for nearly a decade.
SMART’s resistance to an at-grade rail crossing at Jennings Avenue in northwest Santa Rosa has become so exasperating that even administrative law judges are getting annoyed.
It’s past time that SMART let pedestrians and bicyclists pass.
SMART’s unreasonable demand for complete indemnification against accidents has stood in the way of tearing down the fences that divide a working-class neighborhood near Coddingtown Mall.
When SMART closed the Jennings crossing, it forced workers, schoolchildren and shoppers to take long detours to reach transit stops, schools, stores and other destinations.
Their circuitous routes take them down busy arterial roads that are even more dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists than a typical rail crossing.
Author's summary: Remove Jennings Avenue barrier now.
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