Urban parks

[danbrotherston]

This is strongly on point...but I also think it's antithetical to how planning in Canada works. The Park Master Plan will exist in isolation. It can say "well the city should develop other transportation routes to relieve pressure on the park" but then the city's transportation plan will say "funnel as many people through the park because it's convenient", and everyone will agree that's absurd, and then continue to do it anyway.

That also reminds me, another issue with running active transportation through parks is that parks "close" at night. It's probably quite unlikely to be stopped while just passing through, but it's still an absurd idea. I've been warned in a different park for being there after hours (I didn't even know parks closed), and don't want to have to risk a fine just to get home safely.

Yeah, this is definitely a problem. It was interesting too because the Iron Horse Trail (and other trails also) were run by the parks department, and hence were considered parks and technically closed. It took a lot of convincing that it was problem that had to be solved, and I think they added an exception...but the idea that active transportation infra "closes" is just absurd.

And yeah, it is a real problem...I've had the police literally follow me through the park (I was walking up Jubilee Dr and a cruiser literally crawled up the whole road following me. Of course, they'd never even conceive of closing Jubilee Dr to cars right.