Quick question for SDOT

Quick question for the Seattle Department of Transportation, as well as the Pedestrian Master Plan Advisory Committee: How do you expect to implement any plan effectively, if the City's answer to the sidewalk-repair part of the equation is You Pay For It?

Sidewalks? They're your problem
By Elizabeth Rhodes; and Diana Wurn
Seattle Times business reporter; Special to The Seattle Times

Sidewalks: Lots of people love having them. Others just wish they had them.

And most don't think about who takes care of them.

In Seattle, that will change this month when homeowners with a sidewalk damaged enough to be a tripping hazard find an informational flier attached to their door telling them it's their responsibility — not the city's — to repair it.

Depending on the severity of the problem, that could set them back thousands of dollars.

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Imagine the uproar if the City were to suddenly announce you are responsible for repairing the street in front of your house -- the funding inequity between streets and sidewalks is clear.