Comment 88510

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted May 09, 2013 at 09:32:54

The frustration is that, as Ryan points out, when residents spend years trying to engage with the traffic department on their own terms to get vital improvements for pedestrians and cyclists at street level they face nothing but delay, opposition and passive-aggressive concern trolling subterfuge.

A prime example is the Walk and Bike for Life Workshop the City asked the Durand Neighbourhood Association to help organize and sponsor back in February 2009. This was part of a series of workshops run by Gil Penalosa of 8-80 cities aimed at exactly this sort of tactical intervention at street level.

On the basis of resident and expert input 8-80 wrote a detailed report that recommended both cheap short term (less than 2 years) "tactical" changes at street level and longer term more fundamental changes. The report was ignored by the traffic department for over a year, until our councillor finally forced them to at least respond.

And their response? They rejected each and every recommendation that involved actual change at street level, even the most minor.

And now they wonder why people are trying to make very small simple changes themselves to improve conditions for pedestrians!

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