Image: A large freight is heading south on the Alaskan Way
tracks. Cargo packages from Hong Kong to Tokyo lie organized from cart to cart.
A young man, age 23, hurries quickly down the street that is soon to intersect
the tracks. He is late to work and it’s his first day on the job. He sees the
Puget Sound ahead of him, past the shore of Sculpture Park. The city is loud and
roars with the morning commotion of public transportation and t-shirt venders.
Distracted by the gory of the city, the young man continues forward, ignoring
the lowering guardrails for the train ahead of him.
Image: When I was in college, I had a journalism assignment
to bring to light the danger of certain intersections near campus. Students
were neglecting stop signs both on their bikes and in their cars, resulting in
many students going to the ER. One day when I was walking here from campus, I
noticed an old man sitting on a ledge by Cambridge Elementary. He wore a neon
safety vest and kept his white tennis shoes sparkling clean. There was
something about this man that led me to believe he was wiser than most.
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