Walking in Waterloo Region

[ijmorlan]

In some ways this conversation is a wide diversion now. But in others, it's extremely on point, these different jurisdictions cause breaks in transportation networks. Sure, we have a regional municpality here, but a lot of places don't.  Hell, London UK deals with this, where different boroughs (I think they're called boroughs) will refuse to implement say bike lanes...so there are breaks. Ultimately, there's always a trade off between local context and unified vision.  What is a shame is that safe roads for everyone is not unversal.  Frankly, the fact that it isn't, kind of makes me feel that "local context" is 90% bullshit, but again, this is why I am not a politician.

“Local context” is an interesting phrase. In principle, I think there is lots of local context, a lack of recognition of which is part of what is wrong with modern zoning; but in practice I would expect it to be used mostly to keep sidewalks and bicycle paths, not to mention affordable housing, away from some parts of town.