Comment 96859

By StephenBarath (registered) | Posted January 16, 2014 at 11:37:47 in reply to Comment 96834

When you say “feeder from the highway and Aberdeen,” you seem to be saying that it is principally for vehicle traffic- not many people are walking to Longwood from their trek down the 403. You’re wrong that the “bottom line” is that no one lives there- there are hundreds of students at Westdale, and hundreds of employees at MIP’s many tenants and its several outbuildings. So that generates a lot of traffic of all different kinds at Longwood- only one type of traffic is currently accommodated safely and comfortably, and under the City’s proposal that will remain the case.

You said that Longwood Road’s sidewalk is in the state it is because no one lives there to clear the snow; that is not the cause. My point was that Aberdeen also suffers from walkability issues, for different reasons. Yes, you’re correct that the municipal government is responsible. I’m not holding my breath here, though.

I think we’re off track. You said “If the current design was to discourage people from driving down Longwood, it has more than done it's [sic] job in my view.” With respect, you are entirely wrong about that. The only type of traffic Longwood currently accommodates properly is motor vehicles- for people on foot or bicycle, it is not comfortable or safe. At Longwood and Main, you are just plain wrong (I don’t think you’re lying about eight light cycles, I think you are exaggerating). The real problem with that intersection is not that people have to occasionally wait to make a right turn, it’s that people are not allowed to cross Main on the west-side of the intersection. For an intersection with a high school on one corner, it is insane to restrict crossing in this way.

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