We’re seeing more and more “pedestrian safety” web blogs, in which citizens in a community can alert their neighbors to dangerous sidewalk conditions.

Usually it is one person, a champion, that launches the effort in a community.  Like William Smith, a legally blind, stay-at-home Dad, who lives in Silver Springs, MD. 

Smith started a blog because, quoting from a profile in the Washington Post, ”…he seeks to raise awareness because the problems he finds aren’t mere inconveniences. They are roadblocks to something much more precious: his independence.”

Visit Smith’s blog here.   Read the WaPo article here.

This is a very good article about roundabouts, as being used in Brighton, MI and being considered in Fenton, MI.  The author concludes with the benefits of roundabouts, courtesy of FHWA.