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scrawled all over the yellow posts that guard the canal trail entrance.
the gang graffiti is not exactly a welcoming sign to people who might want to walk on the trail
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scrawled all over the yellow posts that guard the canal trail entrance.
the gang graffiti is not exactly a welcoming sign to people who might want to walk on the trail
13 Comments
Resident (Guest)
Other sign posts in the area of the canal trail in Newhallville have similar graffiti. Can the city scrub it off the posts? Some of the stop signs also have dark graffiti scrawled over them.
Doesn't exactly lend to the feeling of security on the canal trail.
Closed CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Anonymous (Guest)
Ben (Guest)
If u live in newhallville don't u want something that provides safe access for kids to downtown and the rest of the city.
Not doing anything about the quality of life in your own neighborhood seems like a worse idea than a trail.
LCI Citywide Helper (Verified Official)
np (Guest)
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Brian Tang (Registered User)
That's odd. I rode the canal trail about 3 hours ago and had a pleasant experience. (np, was the other cyclist you saw wearing a yellow jacket, by chance? I wonder if it was me!) The plaques haven't been installed yet on the newly opened part of the trail between Shelton Ave and the town line. Their absence didn't really bother me.
I was more miffed by the fact that the crosswalks are infinitely better on the Hamden side of the town line than on the New Haven side.
MR (Guest)
I rode through this Sunday afternoon (Prospect Place to Sherman Ave roundtrip) and was one of a dozen cyclists and pedestrians using the trail for its intended purpose. It was safe and friendly--partly because of all the people out. (A big thanks to the man on his lap back north who waited to start with me at Prospect Place, warned me about some glass near Brewster St., and didn't drop me until we were into the less isolated Hamden section.)
If people are scared away from using the trail because it's seen as unsafe, this becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy as less and less people use the trail and it therefore becomes...unsafe. I recommend going out with friends, and during the day (8am-2pm). You'll see commuters, cyclists, and neighborhood folks all using the trail for recreation, errands, or a safe road to work.
For what it's worth, I've cycled the trail alone myself (and I'm a small, not-scary-looking female) dozens of times without incident other than (rarely) the same kind of catcalls I get walking downtown.
MR (Guest)
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