Thread: U.S. Wants to Close S.D. Pedestrian Border Crossing

U.S. Wants to Close Popular Pedestrian Border Crossing

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/us/26 ... ref=slogin
Published: August 26, 2007

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 25 (AP) — Pedestrians at the nation’s busiest border crossing are losing conveniences in what the authorities describe as measures to improve security and critics say is an unnecessary crackdown.

Last summer, federal Customs and Border Protection closed a special lane that whizzed bicyclists past a pedestrian line and spared them a wait that often ran more than an hour. About the same time, the agency said people with wheelchairs, canes and crutches could no longer cut to the front of the line.

This summer, it is taking aim at a popular pedestrian-only bridge that crosses 30 lanes of traffic, but has been the scene of stabbings and muggings and given smugglers a birds-eye view of what vehicle inspectors are doing below, the authorities said.

“If we were living in a perfect world, we would want to close it,â€

Whew - I saw SD and wondered why there was a border crossing in South Dakota.

Whew - I saw SD and wondered why there was a border crossing in South Dakota.

That's for old folks bus they take to Canada to get affordable meds.