01-17-2018, 10:39 PM
(01-17-2018, 09:33 PM)jamincan Wrote:(01-17-2018, 08:34 PM)darts Wrote: It does bring up an interesting question that will probably just get people shitting on me for asking. should it be at a level so that everyone can pass regardless of their personal mobility issues? How many people not being able to cross is acceptable?
The reality right now is that a significant proportion of the population is impeded, even those without mobility issues. I don't really see the point in engaging in hypotheticals. We would probably still have issues with the cities taking over snow clearing, but at the very least there would be some uniformity.
Is there a significant proportion of the population that is impeded? GRT has somewhere between 7-10% ridership. Not sure how many of those riders have mobility issues.
Separately,
With sidewalks cleared those users would still have issues leaving the house since the city wouldn't be clearing their walkways/driveways if they lived in a detached home/townhouse without having to rely on someone who is able bodied enough to shovel the driveway/walkway or if they live in an apartment.
Not saying it isn't a step closer but it looks like to me that these drawbacks aren't considered or discussed (at least I haven't seen any mention of it here) and sidewalk clearing is discussed as if everything will be 100% perfect afterwards.