Well, I didn't think they'd do it, but they did! It's in the Op-Ed section of today's Arizona Daily Star! You can read it
here! It's about halfway down, right after "Ethanol is not good sense."
If you have no idea what I'm talking about, it's a letter to the editor I submitted a week or two ago about leashing your dogs on the MUP.
I will not entertain any crap about commuting to work on the MUP. I think iPodded peds and unleashed dogs are still safer than traffic on a winding road with lots of construction.
Keep dogs on a leash for safety
Have you ever fallen, hard, off a bicycle? It hurts. You should have seen the look on my girlfriend's face when I came home with my elbow red and white with bits of road debris stuck in it. It was a bloody, gross, painful mess.
I haven't had another bike accident since that one in August, but I've come close while dodging dogs on the Rillito River Park trail.
The Rillito is a wonderful, multiple-use pathway. People walk their dogs, run and cycle on it. This is what gives it the "multiple-use pathway" designation.
Please make sure your dogs are leashed while out with them. I don't want to crash from dodging a dog, nor do I want to smoosh one in my path (but will sadly do so if I have to choose between the pooch and my well-being). Keep it safe for multiple users.
Eddie (last name removed...check the article if you really care)
Tucson