For example, new buildings along San Fernando Boulevard must be built closer to the sidewalk, with parking lots in the back, creating a more aesthetically pleasing pedestrian experience, Prescott said.
"'Road diets' and narrower traffic lanes are making room for separated bike lanes and a safer, more pleasing pedestrian experience.
Mr. Wilensky spoke of beautifying sidewalks to please pedestrians.
Jeffrey Davis, 32, a lawyer who works on Park Avenue and takes his lunch breaks there, said he was pleased that pedestrian lights were finally being installed.
In a move worth emulating on high-traffic hiking trails in America, mountain bikers are segregated onto a designated trail, marked, "Please no pedestrians".
Bridges are a favorite subject, although she is not pleased with the new pedestrian bridge in Scarsdale, which, she said, "ruins the view of the waterfall, with its thick logs".
Rivers, valleys, scars, stone cottages, carbon cycling helmets, luminous bib shorts, Oakley Jawbone goggles with scarlet lenses – ah, reader, the loveliness of nature, where every aspect pleases and only pedestrians are vile.
Yield to pedestrians, please!
On the one hand, some said, creating a more pedestrian-friendly, aesthetically pleasing streetscape in the area would benefit business owners and residents.
Friday's program was pedestrian, but aimed to please.
The beak made from what looked to be a bear claw, the feet with their worn-down, pedestrian talons: I mean, please!
