11-06-2018, 09:06 PM
(11-06-2018, 05:23 PM)creative Wrote: "Our current data suggests bylaw enforcement has a positive impact on sidewalk maintenance. When infraction notices are issued, over 90 per cent of Kitchener property owners respond by clearing adjacent sidewalks within 24 hours of receiving the notice." said City of Kitchener Transportation Planning Project Manager, Aaron McCrimmon-Jones.
They have absolutely no objective data.
At a base level, they have no idea what percentage of property owners would have cleared their sidewalks in that 24 hours anyway--so they cannot know whether enforcement has any direct effect on sidewalk clearance.
But probably it does, does it matter? I should put this in a keyboard macro because I say it so often: nobody cares if one sidewalk is clear. The city has no data whatsoever on how clear sidewalks are beyond complaints. How many uncleared sidewalks are unreported? They cannot even guess about this.
And as for the actual thing we care about--mobility and access for individuals? They have no idea how many people cannot travel, or own a car because of uncleared sidewalks, whether before or after the bylaw deadline.
When it comes right down too it, saying bylaw enforcement enforcement has a positive effect, I get the impression that staff don't understand statistics, survivor bias, and any kind of user focused thinking whatsoever.