Rubber Sidewalks Most Adored Item In Nation

Be it helping old ladies across the street or regulating food carts, City Council’s fine public servants always seem to have our best interests in mind. But Jim Kenney’s ideas top them all: Rubber sidewalks.

Somehow, this is in the news again — he’s talked about it before — but no matter. As the website for Rubbersidewalks says, “Everyone likes Rubbersidewalks.

Want to know how big Jim Kenney’s plan for rubber sidewalks in the City of Philadelphia? It made it to a South African newspaper column called “Wacky in the USA.” (I’m not quite sure why this idea is so wacky or odd; doesn’t this make perfect sense?)

The company says rubber sidewalks are more durable, are made completely of recycled tires, work better with trees and are still rather hard. (”Not like the Bud Light commercial,” Kenney said.) And over the long run, they’re cheaper. But the main advantage Kenney brought up is rubber sidewalks eliminate slip-and-falls, leading to thousands of dollars in savings from lawsuits. It’s always the lawyers who have to get things done, one way or another.

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