To the Editor:

In 2014 Princeton was proud to join the WHO (World Health Organization) Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities. This recognition noted the particular “walkability” of our downtown for senior citizens.

One wonders how we would fare in a similar assessment today, with the obstacle course that passes for Witherspoon Street, and multiple side streets tied up by various construction projects. It’s a challenge to reach the library, and each day seems to bring new, curiously situated obstructions. It seems unending; is there a schedule?

On a related note, bravo to the citizens of Paris who recently came out in force to vote against rental scooters. I’m constantly amazed at Nassau Street sidewalk scooter riders’ obliviousness to pedestrians, but I must be getting old.

Ellen Gilbert
Stuart Road East