Winter Walking and Cycling

[danbrotherston]

That's very interesting. That's just not true, and it's offensive that someone would say that.

I'm not too pleased that my councillor would not bring that issue up after telling me she would, but I'm not exactly under the illusion that anyone on council is a strong advocate of mobility anyway.

Still, I think things are backwards. What do they think they're trying to achieve? Surely not clear sidewalks- they won't even talk about what that means.

It may have been her, and she may just be repeating what staff told her.

I do believe that many on council, including the Mayor, and several councillors are strong advocates, but they do not have absolute power.

I agree the focus seems to miss the important metrics, I'm disappointed that staff haven't pushed on that.

They easily could, and probably should, come up with a metric showing that 20% of homeowners don't clear their walks (something we already see) but that 99.9% of city cleared walks do.  Well, frankly, that would stick in the craw of some councillors, but would be pretty damn meaningful.  Of course, if they found the reverse, just to make clear with Scott Davey, that is something I would respect.