In October 2023, a sedan driver struck and killed Josh Anleu, 16, as he biked through the intersection of Waveland (3700 N.) and Long (5400 W.) avenues in the Portage Park community. At a ceremony that November to install a “ghost bike” memorial at the site, his mother Karen Buendia tearfully told the crowd, “If we, […]
it is uplifting in the sense that it is changing for better. It this does not feel uplifting with this wording though. It is “brutally” honest. I am iffy on removing this one
“Uplift” means to raise the level of; improve; cause one to feel optimism
Here a dangerous street has been improved by converting it into a neighborhood greenway. It is a well-known fact that there are already a lot of dangerous streets in the world, but I feel optimistic that more and more cities are rethinking the way they build their thoroughfares and are shifting to safer, more human-focused designs.
Why is this in c/upliftingnews ? Its rather depressing that we are unable to build safe neighbourhoods without having to kill eachother.
it is uplifting in the sense that it is changing for better. It this does not feel uplifting with this wording though. It is “brutally” honest. I am iffy on removing this one
“Uplift” means to raise the level of; improve; cause one to feel optimism
Here a dangerous street has been improved by converting it into a neighborhood greenway. It is a well-known fact that there are already a lot of dangerous streets in the world, but I feel optimistic that more and more cities are rethinking the way they build their thoroughfares and are shifting to safer, more human-focused designs.
I feel the same. It’s like reading “person struck down in their prime has park bench named after them”.