We went for a walk tonight and passed two other strollers, a couple of people walking dogs, and a few folks working in their yards or playing catch in the street. So Westwood is already much more pedestrian-friendly than a remote suburb. But this crosswalk drives me NUTS! The whole configuration of the road is a problem as walkers are forced to leap into the street and shoot the gap between cars approaching from both sides around blind or semi-blind curves. 

The scene above illustrates some challenges near my house. This situation is the alternative to cars parking directly on the sidewalk which happens every once in a while when there are parties down the street from us. If we had a sidewalk on our side of the street, it would make it easier to walk up to the Hanlon school where there is a crosswalk, but there's not a lot of room for a sidewalk...and perhaps it is better to have cars parking like this because it forces traffic to be more careful and at least it does not block the one sidewalk on the other side of the street.

Anyone who is interested in attending a meeting in July to talk about "Walkable Westwood," please stay tuned and I will post more details here.