Uptown West Neighbourhood Transportation Study -- Sidewalks

[MidTowner]

There's a strong sentiment from this neighbourhood that it shouldn't have to have vehicular through traffic of any quantity, that it can be someone else's problem. Maybe even in someone else's backyard.

I don’t live in this neighbourhood and only occasionally pass through it, but if you’re correct in saying that the sentiment is that they shouldn’t have “vehicular through traffic of any quantity,” I don’t think that’s unreasonable. Why should people be able to rat run in their cars on these residential streets?

It’s not fair to imply that residents who don’t want to see through traffic on their streets are selfish or NIMBYish. We have built arterial streets to accommodate through traffic, and those are what through traffic should use. Residential streets like these, with families living alongside them, should be maintained for local traffic and other uses.