05-10-2019, 10:00 AM
I may just be repeating some of what others said but a couple of my thoughts were:
There really seems to be a sense on this issue from council that there is some group (I assume they think it's Tri-TAG, but I don't know) that is skewing the results of the survey. This was mentioned when this went to council last year and it seems suggested in the staff report when it refers to the responses not being statistically representative. I find this extremely frustrating as it feels that my own thoughts and responses are being tossed away because they mirror an advocacy group (To be clear, this is not the fault of any of the advocacy groups, but rather council/staff's reaction to the responses).
If they proceed with a survey this year, I really hope it is done well. I worry that people who rarely walk/cycle will be surveyed and feel that sidewalk clearing is just fine. I know there was a #lovemyhood survey done a few years back that suggested that people who rarely cycled believed that our cycling infrastructure was good to excellent. Whereas folks who cycled often...had other thoughts. I worry the same could happen here.
I'd love to know how/when it's decided if this goes to full council. If it's only presented at committee (with a meeting in the middle of the day, making it challenging for many people to attend) that's unfortunate.
I'm going to do my best to attend Monday's committee meeting but will be late due to work. Anyone else attending? Speaking?
There really seems to be a sense on this issue from council that there is some group (I assume they think it's Tri-TAG, but I don't know) that is skewing the results of the survey. This was mentioned when this went to council last year and it seems suggested in the staff report when it refers to the responses not being statistically representative. I find this extremely frustrating as it feels that my own thoughts and responses are being tossed away because they mirror an advocacy group (To be clear, this is not the fault of any of the advocacy groups, but rather council/staff's reaction to the responses).
If they proceed with a survey this year, I really hope it is done well. I worry that people who rarely walk/cycle will be surveyed and feel that sidewalk clearing is just fine. I know there was a #lovemyhood survey done a few years back that suggested that people who rarely cycled believed that our cycling infrastructure was good to excellent. Whereas folks who cycled often...had other thoughts. I worry the same could happen here.
I'd love to know how/when it's decided if this goes to full council. If it's only presented at committee (with a meeting in the middle of the day, making it challenging for many people to attend) that's unfortunate.
I'm going to do my best to attend Monday's committee meeting but will be late due to work. Anyone else attending? Speaking?