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On 2025-02-18 (one month ago today), I strapped an iPhone to my head and took this video of walking our dog, Piper, on Forest Road:
* 2025-02-18 Walking Dog On Forest Road Acton MA 01720 (33 Cars In 12 Minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TMMxN_AR9E
The middle 12 minutes (or so) of this video, where we are walking in the Acton Arboretum, have been cut. But as I say near the end of this video, all I am trying to do is walk from my house to the Arboretum and back without getting killed. Not a high bar. Ironically, only two weeks after shooting this video, I broke my left wrist while walking Piper the Acton Arboretum. Had there been sidewalks on Forest Road, I would have been able to walk safely without having to venture into the icy Acton Arboretum.
[SARCASM ON] But the Acton Select board must believe that Forest Road is one of the safest roads in Acton for walkers! No sidewalks needed, not now, not ever! Such a safe road. [SARCASM OFF]
I hope that this video demonstrates otherwise. Forest Road is a SAFETY HAZARD for pedestrians every day, week, month, and season. And it has been ever since the DWP moved here in 1969.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER & NOTICE: The “Sidewalks For Acton” campaign was started by and is funded by GiantPeople LLC, a single-person LLC founded in 1999 by Erik J. Heels (heels@alum.mit.edu). Erik has been an Actonian since 1995, an independent voter for 40 years, and a recent member of the MA Democratic party (2024-09-11). Erik claims to publish the #1 blog about technology, law, baseball, and rock ‘n’ roll at giantpeople.com.
