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Speak Out
Crosswalk safety is needed on Avenue
Recently I read about a crosswalk crackdown in East San Jose aimed at improving pedestrian safety by citing motorists who don't yield to pedestrians in crosswalks and pedestrians who jaywalk.
Would that this crackdown could come to Lincoln Avenue--at Minnesota, Brace, Meredith and Willow.
And when Longs does move in, I'd suggest that it be required to pay for a traffic light at Brace and Lincoln, the better to deal with the increased traffic it will generate.
Lincoln Avenue is getting busier and busier, with both cars and pedestrians and it would be nice if pedestrians could cross the Avenue more safely.
June E. Cooley
Almaden Road
If not Longs today, than what tomorrow?
Although I am not directly impacted (traffic-wise) by the possibility of a Longs Drug Store going into the building formerly occupied by Washington Mutual, I do feel for the neighbors who will be impacted by the obvious increase in traffic to their neighborhoods. One can only say that unless another type of 9-to-6 business goes into that huge space, it is inevitable that if it isn't to be a Longs today, what will it be tomorrow? Eventually, a rather big business that will impact the flow of traffic both on Lincoln Avenue and to those surrounding neighborhoods.
My hope is that when the dust is settled all parties will be satisfied.
Steve Denton
Camino Pablo
Association shares traffic concerns
For the record, the Willow Glen Neighborhood Association has not officially taken a position in support of Longs based on convenience or any other reason ("Neighborhood doesn't welcome new Longs," Dec. 8).
Longs representatives did appear at our Nov. 12 meeting to describe their proposal and answer questions. At the meeting, representatives indicated that the new Longs building would be twice the size of the building currently on site. The association is concerned about the impact of a 12,000-square-foot retail building to the neighborhood and business area. Frankly, anyone who knows the area of Brace and Lincoln avenues can easily share in Ms. Ziegler's prediction that the Longs proposal will result in serious traffic impacts.
Before taking an official position, the association will hear from Longs one more time at our Jan. 12 meeting at 7 p.m. The association meetings are held at the Methodist Church (Westley Room) at the corner of Newport and Minnesota avenues. The meeting is open to the public. Please attend.
J. Michael Gonzales
President, Willow Glen Neighborhood Association
Correction
Last week's cover story, "Does anybody really know what time it is?" contained an error. The author wrote that the Buddha was born "some 500 centuries before the Common Era." The sentence should have read "some five centuries before the Common Era."
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