Winter Walking and Cycling

[danbrotherston]

So City of Waterloo voted to continue with leaf removal despite clear environmental arguments against it and it being almost the definition of a luxury service. You can't help but contrast it with the extreme resistance to clearing sidewalks of snow. I am unfortunately not surprised that passable sidewalks that are essential for lower income and often marginalized or vulnerable people is somehow a luxury that the city can't afford to address, but leaf removal that is absolutely not essential and basically just a nice thing for property owners is totally acceptable.

Yeah, I was pretty disappointed by that.

Same meeting they approved a staff recommendation to remove the Columbia bike lane protection with no clear transition plan to replace it.