FK4 - because of Shea Circle, it was (and still is) very hair-raising trying to walk (or bike) between Forest Hills and Franklin Park. If you're not familiar with the area, you'd likely end up on the south side of the circle where there is no sidewalk. oh - there were also no crosswalks there until the past few months. I'd say about half of people stop for peds now instead of most people not stopping.
and driving - did you ever try to enter the rotary from the arborway on the south side of the bridge? you could not see if there were cars coming off the bridge - I came very close to getting hit many many times going through there. Plus for some reason often people coming off Morton street never seem to yield to traffic in the rotary - probably because it's two lanes...
Anyone who winds up in the blasted area who is not "familiar" with the area in the first place? It's not an area that's heavily trafficked by nonlocal pedestrians. But yeah, it's not a nice experience on foot or bike. I avoid it, and if I were a stranger, I would avoid it, as I have avoided many things like this in other cities as any common sense person does. I live close to this and dont have very strong feelings about its dangerousness to peds or cyclists, despite being one myself. Besides, who would ever want to ride on Morton St? It's a depressing road to ride on, even if traffic was half as fast. Anyway, there certainly is no doubt the pedestrian experience will be much better when Shea is redone.
For driving, youre talking about the ground level Arborway by the courthouse? I dont use that much, never had a problem with it but am more cautious given the big bridge wall on your left there. The biggest problem I have there is coming onto the rotary from Circuit Drive. But nowadays given where I live I usually turn onto Forest Hills St and skip the whole mess anyway.
Last edited: