> As a pedestrian walking on already crowded sidewalks The real pathology here is that we allow automobiles to pass so freely through anywhere lucky enough to

> As a pedestrian walking on already crowded sidewalks The real pathology here is that we allow automobiles to pass so freely through anywhere lucky enough to have over-crowded sidewalks. One can imagine a quieter, safer, more humane Midtown Manhattan in which scooters and bicycles and pedestrians coexist in harmony. Instead one experiences the insane and constant honking of frustrated drivers, who, like a baby who doesn’t know why it cries, demand that their problems require the attention of your ears, too.