I’ve decided to broaden the range of source material that I use for stories on cvillenews.com, and that means highlighting material from local blogs that addresses local matters. I can’t think of anything better to start with than Bill Emory‘s great blog entry from yesterday.
He’s provided a comprehensive piece about automobile traffic in the Woolen Mills, where he lives, looking at the history of the neighborhood, the cause of the problem, its immediate symptoms, a suggestion of how the city might address it, and even some photos (naturally — this is Bill Emory, after all) and a hand-drawn map.
So old houses are closer to the road because they were built before the ubiquity of the internal combustion engine. I had no idea.
Thanks for the link, and the nod to our little neighborhood. The houses close to the street are one of my favorite things about living in Woolen Mills, but when I start telling most people about how pleasant that is, and that it’s actually a strange and new thing to hide away from the road, people find the ideas challenging. Noise pollution. Light and air pollution. I was able to see the truck and how it was affecting traffic fairly well. As Mr. Emory noted, the traffic pattern handled it pretty well, aside from some rubbernecking (that’s a BIG truck!). Some kind of more permanent traffic calming type approach may make a lot of sense in Woolen Mills.