Rollerbladers and skateboarders may be prohibited from using sidewalks by local authorities, but they must otherwise obey all pedestrian rules. It is dangerous to walk on railroad tracks. It is dangerous to wear headphones while walking on roadways because you cannot hear approaching vehicles. A significant cause of accidents is pedestrians walking on roadways while intoxicated, wearing headphones, or otherwise not paying attention to traffic. Wear bright or reflective clothing, day and night, when walking along a roadway that does not have a sidewalk.ДonвЂ™t walk or jog on any freeway where signs tell you that pedestrians are not allowed. You are not permitted to walk on toll bridges or highway crossings, or in any tunnel unless there is a sidewalk more than three feet wide, with signs telling you that pedestrians are permitted to use it. If there is no sidewalk, you may walk on the roadway, but you must face oncoming traffic and as far to your left as possible. Have a question? Call 42 or email Please include your first and last name and city of residence.Use the sidewalk when walking on the roadway. What other elements of Snohomish CountyвЂ™s transportation system should Street Smarts explore next year? If anyone has recommendations on where in Snohomish County I could reasonably reach by bus and bike from Everett, let me know.ДЄnother bike-and-bus trip a reader asked me to do was from Snohomish County to the Coupeville Ferry Terminal. My failed scouting trip to Wenberg County Park this summer never got its redemption attempt. So far I only have wool socks, but I plan to buy a bright color reflective jacket and other clothing to endure the chill and dampness. When I first sought advice, Everett Transportation Advisory Commission chairman Tyler Rourke encouraged wool clothing. IвЂ™ll try to do the same for someone too at some point now that my kids are older and my schedule is a lot more flexible.вЂќ вЂњSomeone made the offer to me to join them on their commute when we lived in Australia 15 years ago and IвЂ™m still doing it literally half a world away. вЂњIt can be jarring to folks that have never experienced it before,вЂќ he wrote. He said he was motivated by reader Joyce Lewis to encourage others to bike commute by riding with them after reading Street Smarts in September. The trek is more uphill to work, which means it takes him about 10 minutes longer than the 40-minute ride home. Mark Bitzes regularly bikes from south of Mill Creek to Boeing in Everett, about 11 miles. When I made the commitment last December, Sharing Wheels Community Bike Shop President Kristin Kinnamon said using a commute for exercise is an often overlooked perk. It was a revelation that helped me get healthier, stay active, and have an entertaining and beneficial added perspective on what makes my world a little better.вЂќ Work started and stopped for me at the business door instead of my home door. If it took a bit longer, I was just forgetting to notice because I was having fun. вЂњвЂ¦ And in the morning, instead of dreading the traffic and lights, while I bicycled the same general route, I was entertaining myself thinking about what tires would work better, do I want a better bike, getting fenders and lights, and suddenly I am at work. вЂњI realized that as I walked out the door from work, I was already having fun, forgetting any work-related nonsense,вЂќ he wrote. The habit stayed with him over the years. George Winters of Darrington said he began biking to work in his early 20s. They were thanks to living near grocery stores, a major transit hub, and work (despite still working exclusively from home).Д«ut others around the county had long shed their automobiles for a mixture of biking, busing or walking. When I started down the active transportation path, I figured biking and walking would be the main ways I skirted driving. ThatвЂ™s something I hope to remember and examine further in Street Smarts columns ahead.

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