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mayor Les Axdahl has to have a lot more (acci-
called for "greater con- dents and deaths g,"
cern" over pedestrian Axdahl said he favors
and anon-motorized- vein- bicycle piths separated
Cleneeds inMaplewood: from the roads with nao-
"1 think we're running torizc'd traffic.
into some really signifi- Bike trails, for the
cant hazards.," he re- - most part, arc along the
marked at a recent vil- edge of roads, some with
lagecouncil meeting.
{ heavy motorized traffic,
Ile cited the-death of a he pointed out,
5-y c a r-o 1 d boy last Because they're offi-
1 month in a car-bike acci- cially posted trails, he
1 dent at, Hipley Avenue S a i d, bicyclists some-
1 and Howard Street. t i m e s have a "false
Two other traffic fatal- sense of security."
ities in the H a in s c y Councilman Don Olm-
County community this stead said he concurred
year, involved motor- with most of Axdahl's
cyclists. , views.
' There alo are lots of "I've talked to people
I kids playing in the who have been run right
streets — which causes off our bike paths," he
\me no end of.-concern," noted.
the mayor said.
"I'm suggesting," he
'added. "that son ebody
take a look at this."
lie said the local police
should "make note. of
areas where there,, ap-
pear to be lots of kids in
the streets."-
"Let's see if there isn't
some way to decide
what, if any, action is
necessary," he ex-
plained. ''I think we
ought to do a little edu-
cation job or we're going