05-25-2020, 02:54 PM
(05-25-2020, 02:29 PM)KevinL Wrote: His argument also fails to account for the most egregious cases of beg buttons, such as to access light rail stations. High pedestrian traffic should be expected in such a scenario, yet you can't get off the platform safely and fully legally at Kitchener Market station (among others) unless someone has pushed a button.
Worst of all, he actually claimed that the region makes context dependent decisions, but there is zero evidence of that, the region treats every intersection the same, whether a highway onramp with a six lane highway or a downtown core crossing to a mass transit station.
Frankly, to someone who actually walks in the region, it's insulting to our intelligence to make these claims.
In a bit of good news, actually great news, Jeff Henry's motion at City of Waterloo Council this morning passed unanimously. He asked for staff to investigate and implement pilot projects to evaluate how to better allow for social distancing and safety in a time of COVID.
The council discussion around it was generally very good, very progressive, a bit of joking about how hard they' were going to get yelled at, but on the whole they were very bullish on the situation.
Jeff was able to give a very compelling narrative about the situaiton and frame it in an equity lense. He did a great job.
He also provided a very strong rebuttal of Steve van de Keere's....lets call them misleading statements about pedestrian signals. If only regional council meetings sounded like this.