It takes perspiration to get transportation to Fresno’s Inspiration Park
Inspiration Park is the only universally accessible park in all of Fresno, and yet, there is a lack of safe transportation methods to the park. There are neither bus routes directly stopping at the park nor sidewalks to use from a bus stop. This creates an issue of public safety.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has addressed pedestrian safety as a national issue. CDC reports, “In the next 24 hours, on average, 430 people will be treated in an emergency department for traffic-related pedestrian injuries.” The CDC further explains, “In the next two hours, on average, one pedestrian will die from injuries in a traffic crash.”
Not only will the installation of a direct bus route and sidewalks around Inspiration Park decrease these astonishing and preventable numbers of deaths and injuries, but it will also boost the health of the community. I ask you to write letters to Fresno City Councilmember Esmeralda Soria, expressing your concern about public safety regarding the lack of a direct bus route and sidewalks to Inspiration Park.
Write to her at 2600 Fresno St., Second Floor, Fresno, CA 93721
Brittany Loera, Fresno
This story was originally published December 26, 2016 at 1:54 PM with the headline "It takes perspiration to get transportation to Fresno’s Inspiration Park."