Clark County has beautiful paved walking trails, but many residents are nervous to walk alone on them and so they are greatly underused.
Yakima developed a solution to that on their river trail. Volunteer senior citizens ride back and forth on golf carts, armed with cellphones, trail maps, free water bottles, first-aid kits and friendly smiles. It’s a win-win — walkers and cyclists feel safer, and the patrollers feel useful after retirement as they give back to their community.
Let’s do it here, too.
