Growing Together (City of Kitchener)

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Some nicely shaded trails through the trees would also be good for parks that are relatively larger; a place for a leisurely walk that's away from traffic.

As Dan pointed out, not everything needs a park. We do have some nice trails through our parks, plus IHT and Spur Line, but we also have a lot of very nice residential neighbourhoods with low traffic, that are quite lovely for those leisurely strolls.

I mostly agree with this, but as someone with a toddler, I find that there are very few places where I feel comfortable letting go of his hand and knowing he can't be out in traffic within 3 seconds. Parks are one of the few places where he can run off and it's fine. When we walk along a trail that's off the road, that gives us some space to let him explore safely.