sidewalks

The LinkUs sales tax levy for the Central Ohio Transit Authority this fall plans to fund more than 150 miles of new sidewalks, bikeways and trails in its first five years.

For decades, urban and suburban planners focused on cars rather than pedestrians when building infrastructure. Now Columbus and other cities are playing catch-up in adding safe sidewalks and shared-use paths.

In Clintonville, a 100-year-old pin oak tree towers in front of Maureen Keyhani’s home on Arden Road. The tree sits in what is called a curb lawn between…