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  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
jamincan Wrote: (09-15-2020, 06:45 PM) -- How much more money will the City of Kitchener being paying for this additional proactive enforcement? -- $1 annually per average home.
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 09-15-2020, 11:16 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
danbrotherston Wrote: (09-15-2020, 05:22 PM) -- the_councillor Wrote: (09-15-2020, 05:14 PM) -- There are 3 dials. 1.  Cut planned spending (Affordable housing, Cycling MP, Planned Rec amenities ...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 09-15-2020, 11:15 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
robdrimmie Wrote: (09-15-2020, 04:31 PM) -- the_councillor Wrote: (09-15-2020, 03:47 PM) -- 1.  Spending every disposable cent for the foreseeable future on snow clearing knowing full well it means ...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 09-15-2020, 05:14 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
robdrimmie Wrote: (09-15-2020, 03:26 PM) -- the_councillor Wrote: (09-15-2020, 02:57 PM) -- No need to be cruel, this is why people avoid engaging. -- I very strongly agree that cruelty is unneces...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 09-15-2020, 03:47 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
robdrimmie Wrote: (09-15-2020, 02:43 PM) -- the_councillor Wrote: (09-15-2020, 01:12 PM) -- I agree, and that's another reason city-clearing didn't make sense.  The data showed that even the $10M/yr...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 09-15-2020, 02:57 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
jamincan Wrote: (09-15-2020, 07:39 AM) -- @thecouncillor: I want to say, I really appreciate that you are honestly willing to have a dialogue about issues and it's one of the things that I respect ab...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 09-15-2020, 01:12 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
Nobody is happy that we were unable to come up with a solution... but neither has any other city. The only thing worse than not taking action is taking the wrong action. Peterborough's sidewalk snow...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 09-15-2020, 01:30 AM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-10-2020, 02:04 AM) -- Yes, that refers to the fact that they did not hire the hundreds of bylaw officers it would require to patrol every sidewalk after every storm. Are ...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-10-2020, 02:22 AM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-10-2020, 01:22 AM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (02-09-2020, 09:31 PM) -- You're right, the clarification was wrong. Here's the report: INS-19-009 (https://lf.kitchener.ca/web...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-10-2020, 02:02 AM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-10-2020, 01:22 AM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (02-09-2020, 09:31 PM) -- You're right, the clarification was wrong. Here's the report: INS-19-009 (https://lf.kitchener.ca/web...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-10-2020, 01:45 AM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
ijmorlan Wrote: (02-08-2020, 11:43 PM) -- the_councillor Wrote: (02-08-2020, 10:34 PM) -- 2. It is very expensive.  Using Ottawa as the model, the gold-standard in Canada of sidewalk-clearing (and a...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-09-2020, 01:09 AM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
ijmorlan Wrote: (02-08-2020, 11:48 PM) -- the_councillor Wrote: (02-08-2020, 10:34 PM) -- 3. No city that does the clearing themselves has a bare-pavement standard.  Let me repeat that... no city th...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-09-2020, 12:24 AM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-08-2020, 10:00 PM) -- the_councillor Wrote: (02-08-2020, 09:44 PM) -- To be clear... the move to proactive enforcement was applied to a small area in 2018 and did work acco...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-08-2020, 11:29 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
danbrotherston Wrote: (01-21-2020, 04:27 PM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (01-21-2020, 02:36 PM) -- More than likely, it's just not well thought-out. That person drives on the roads, so of course they need t...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-08-2020, 10:34 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
MidTowner Wrote: (01-21-2020, 07:44 AM) -- Walking this morning, it's pretty obvious that the City of Kitchener's tweaking to its enforcement of clear sidewalks has not worked. Not because most sidew...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-08-2020, 09:44 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
Congratulations to those that engaged, for your part in helping to change the minds of the council.  Clearly, I have a different viewpoint but I do respect the decision and the democratic process. ...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 05-28-2019, 12:38 AM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-21-2019, 11:09 AM) -- the_councillor Wrote: (02-20-2019, 09:33 PM) -- - Firstly, if you could link me to that Regional survey I'd appreciate it.  I frankly have a hard time...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-21-2019, 03:07 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
Bob_McBob Wrote: (02-21-2019, 11:30 AM) -- Waterloo bylaw officers will be "using discretion" when enforcing the sidewalk clearing bylaw for ice accumulation due to the salt shortage. https://www...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-21-2019, 02:51 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
jamincan Wrote: (02-20-2019, 08:18 PM) -- Councillor Davey: you have said that we need to see if proactive enforcement of snow removal bylaws is effective. When winter has passed, what would you lead...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-20-2019, 10:04 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-20-2019, 03:03 PM) -- the_councillor Wrote: (02-19-2019, 11:32 PM) -- Speaking specifically to whether we could fund it?  Yes, Kitchener is in great shape financially, we c...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-20-2019, 09:33 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
chutten Wrote: (02-19-2019, 05:13 PM) -- the_councillor, welcome to the thread and the board. We are happy to have you engaging with us here on this fraught, seasonal topic about how best to ensure p...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-19-2019, 11:32 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
tomh009 Wrote: (02-18-2019, 02:41 PM) -- the_councillor Wrote: (02-17-2019, 10:46 PM) -- This argument isn't lost on me.  I suppose I disagree with the distinction between what is the "City's" and w...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-18-2019, 03:59 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
clasher Wrote: (02-17-2019, 10:29 PM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (02-17-2019, 08:51 AM) -- I just realized I should mention my sidewalk snow clearing idea, now that we have a new reader on the forum. Bas...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-17-2019, 10:46 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-17-2019, 12:05 AM) -- the_councillor Wrote: (02-16-2019, 08:48 PM) -- Choosing to block someone based on their respectful opposing views is quite telling. Some of us eng...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-17-2019, 01:30 AM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
tomh009 Wrote: (02-16-2019, 11:32 PM) -- As a non-profit site, we are all volunteers, and unfortunately none of the mods were online earlier this evening.  FYI: New members' posts are initially ...
   the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-16-2019, 11:43 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
the_councillor Wrote: (02-16-2019, 09:17 PM) -- clasher Wrote: (02-15-2019, 11:13 AM) -- The labour costs to have proper enforcement would probably be similar to just paying people to clear the side...
 Photo the_councillor Transportation and Infrastructure 1,198 493,459 02-16-2019, 11:41 PM

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