I have also seen how much Durham has changed: downtown has become a place where people want to walk and bike. Growing up in Woodcroft, I waited eagerly for the American Tobacco Trail pedestrian bridge to Southpoint, at the time the best walkable area for a teenager that I knew of in Durham. Now, as we see growth in various parts of the city, it is a critical and wonderful opportunity to double down on the tenets of walkability, bikeability, and accessible, useful public transit.