'Safe, walkable:' Darien focuses on safe driving campaign, sidewalk work Town HallSusan Shultz DARIEN — Maintaining a safe pedestrian and bicycle riding community is key to a good quality of life, according to First Selectman Jayme Stevenson. That’s why residents have been slightly inconvenienced this summer as the town has upgraded some 7,000 linear feet of sidewalks with more to come. And why Darien will soon be embarking on a first: a safe driving campaign that emphasizes community responsibility. Public Works Director Ed Gentile told the Board of Selectman recently that the recent repair and replacement work is just the latest in a flurry of such work over the past years.