One day I was headed home pushing my twins in a double stroller. Construction on one side of the street forces me to use the opposite side. Just before I get halfway up the block, a contractor pickup truck pulls into a driveway that cuts across the sidewalk and parks. Driver jumps out. I say “Look, if it were just me, I’d step into traffic and go around the bed of your truck, but there’s no way I’m going to do that with my 6-month old kids. Can you back out and let us through?” He looked at me and just said, “No.”

I had to walk around a whole block.