Letters to the Editor – May 17

 Yield to pedestrians

My wife and I live in the historic mill district of Carrboro. One of the charms of Carrboro, and the reason it’s such a nice place to live, is because of its pedestrian-friendly downtown.  Motorists in downtown understand this and give right-of-way to pedestrians as they cross the street. This courtesy if often not extended, however, to the crosswalk on N. Greensboro Street at Southern States. I know that this crosswalk is often used by residents in my neighborhood as they head downtown, yet cars rarely stop to allow people to cross the street. Indeed, sometimes they don’t even slow down. I think the town should install a yellow pedestrian traffic cone at this crosswalk, much like the ones on Weaver Street and Greensboro at the Century Center, to remind motorists that pedestrians have the right-of-way when crossing the street.

Douglas Buchacek
Carrboro