02-25-2015, 11:34 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-25-2015, 01:33 PM by ookpik.
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BTW now would be an excellent time to open up discussion of city wide snow removal as Vrbanovic has proposed, contrary to Jaworsky's position.
1. We've had [note my implicit hope that it's soon to be in the past
] a particularly harsh winter. Even those dedicated to keeping their sidewalks clear have had to contend with extreme cold and windchill. People are now more open to accepting the small annual cost of avoiding this chore than they will be this summer or next fall.
2. The LRT is coming. Clear, navigable sidewalks within a few hundred metres of stops make using the LRT (and public transit in general) more palatable to those who otherwise wouldn't use it. So city wide snow removal could be sold as a further encouragement of public transit. So would timely clearing of snow from the curbs at bus stops.
1. We've had [note my implicit hope that it's soon to be in the past
] a particularly harsh winter. Even those dedicated to keeping their sidewalks clear have had to contend with extreme cold and windchill. People are now more open to accepting the small annual cost of avoiding this chore than they will be this summer or next fall.2. The LRT is coming. Clear, navigable sidewalks within a few hundred metres of stops make using the LRT (and public transit in general) more palatable to those who otherwise wouldn't use it. So city wide snow removal could be sold as a further encouragement of public transit. So would timely clearing of snow from the curbs at bus stops.