01-18-2018, 08:24 AM
(01-17-2018, 11:43 PM)darts Wrote: I brought it up because if they can't go on an uncleared sidewalk then they would have trouble getting through their driveway so they would still have the inability to get to their destination, and this has been overlooked as an issue.
Can I give you my perspective? I don't have mobility issues, but I have kids too small to walk, and too small to walk much distance at any speed, respectively. If I or my wife goes out with them, they're pushed in a stroller.
I am physically able to clear the walkway to my front door (I have to get this done somehow, if I want to receive mail), and the sidewalk in front of my house, and sometimes my one neighbour's sidewalk.But I can't get around on many uncleared sidewalks if I want to take my kids to the library (or wherever) in winter. I can't get over a ramp with a foot-high pile of snow on it.
I think there's a significant cohort of people with kids who would like to walk places with them, but currently have trouble doing so. I'm just trying to give you the specific perspective of someone who can't go on an uncleared sidewalk, but has no trouble clearing his driveway. As danbrotherston put it, I can clear my front walk, but I can't practically clear every sidewalk on every route I walk.