Letter | A new perspective on West Cliff Drive

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Letter | A new perspective on West Cliff Drive

A recent “business” trip to Florence, Italy, gave me some perspective on our current question of the moment. They have a river walk near the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge that is also famously popular. Their solution to a narrow roadway … with a few more years than we to think about it … was to have a pedestrian walkway, a wide bike path for two way traffic and a one way motor vehicle road. This configuration obviously worries those with the fores…