Comment 74537

By jason (registered) | Posted February 18, 2012 at 23:05:18

Great article. I recall standing at York and Locke last year with my councillor and a big wig from Public Works. We were discussing how the light doesn't stay green long enough to allow pedestrians to get across the huge 6 lanes of York. The public works fellow said "that's why we have these nice islands for people to stand on half-way there" (this was my first clue that this guy, and the department, don't give a rip about pedestrians) My second clue was the rant he went into when we suggested extending the light by 7-10 seconds. He replied, exasperated "If we add 7 seconds here we'll have to change all 30,000 lights across the entire city to avoid gridlock!!". I actually laughed out loud to my councillor right in front of the guy. I then reminded him that we just took away 3 lanes from York Blvd a few blocks east of where we were standing and I'm not aware of the other 30,000 lights being affected due to 5 eastbound lanes becoming 2. Meeting over. Same old story. I better get used to scaling the tiny 3 foot sidewalks with my 3 kids next to 5-lane truck freeways with timed lights in my neighbourhood for years to come.

Comment edited by jason on 2012-02-18 23:07:11

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