Comment 60832

By thrillhouse (registered) | Posted March 09, 2011 at 12:24:27 in reply to Comment 60823

Coming from a city in Canada that gets large amounts of snow, I was shocked at how poor snow removal is on Hamilton sidewalks, and realized how badly disabled people get screwed over because of it -- and not just for a day, but for weeks at a time.

Case in point: the sidewalk on the north side of King, east of Queen, was covered in snow for weeks. It was hard even for me to walk down, but would be impossible for anyone with less mobility. Yet snow remained there until it melted.

To their credit, the HSR ensured that snow was removed around their bus stops. But they /only/ removed it around their bus stops: people with less mobility could therefore get off the bus there, and... um... wait for the next bus. They certainly couldn't travel east or west on the sidewalk.

Comment edited by thrillhouse on 2011-03-09 12:28:09

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