I live in the area. Right outside my building is one of the heaviest trafficked areas in the city. A building across the street is being demolished, which means

I live in the area. Right outside my building is one of the heaviest trafficked areas in the city. A building across the street is being demolished, which means that side's sidewalk is closed off. On this side, a wheel chair ramp in front of a coffee shop eats up half the sidewalk. So on trash days, there is only enough space one person to pass through the bottleneck. In other places, you have very precious sidewalk space taken up by signs in front of restaurants, sidewalk sheds, lamp posts, panhandlers, mailboxes, people smoking cigarettes, and of course, piles of trash. Don't get me wrong, it's a great place to live, but there definitely needs to be some big changes. I think we should remove street parking to expand the sidewalks.