Flat sidewalks and Re: [LMB] OT: Walking to school

[B. Ross Ashley]

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:41:39 -0400, Marna Nightingale <marna at marna.ca> 
wrote:
 > ... But reducing overall urban light (which is, yes, not a bad
 > idea for a number of reasons) is not the same as reducing urban
 > safety lighting. I'd start by darkening office towers by at
 > least half, myself.

 > Marna.

I, who live and try to sleep in a midtown apartment tower, have to 
agree. There are suites of well-lit empty offices in Canada Square not 
100 yards from my bedrom window. Every darned office tower here at 
Yonge&Eligible has a lit company-logo sign on top large enough to be 
read from aircraft windows. And the migratory songbird slaughter is 
tremendous.

I can see well enough to ride my bike at night around here, and I'm 60; 
my flashing red tail-light and the halogen headlamp often get drowned 
out by the lighting level on Yonge. What are these people eating instead 
of carrots?
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