Fresh off the plan from the Philadelphia River City folks to install a moving sidewalk along the Schuylkill rail bridge to 30th Street station, at-large council member Jim Kenney has announced an official consideration of rubberizing Philadelphia's sidewalks:
He says rubber sidewalks are made from recycled tires. They don't crack, and they last longer than concrete. Kenney says rubber sidewalks could also reduce the number of slip-and-fall accidents and the resulting lawsuits.
Link. Clearly a pattern is developing here. Our old-fashioned concrete sidewalks are too boring and static. We need dynamic, interactive sidewalks that will pull people to work and shopping, or at least them them bounce a little. You just know George Jetson was Philly at heart.
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