Recent content by ntt1

Should be interesting to see what they come up with. It is probably not popular as those roads have been under construction for at least the last 2 years due to the sewer replacement, but lots of those stretches can really use a complete reconstruction as the surface is crumbling, and the...

Not sure how I missed the earlier public engagement, but it looks like portions 106 St south of 51 Ave (where there are painted bike lanes) will be included in the Towards 40 program this year...

I think that some small procedural measures, like simply clearing windrows further inwards onto the grass, or at least further away from the walking surface can help out a lot in some areas. That way the windrows can melt there into the soil, rather than refreezing on the surface and creating...

City maintained walk around my neighbourhood, with a windrow completely covering the sidewalk, a catchbasin, and curb ramp. Below is a summer street view of the same corner. Three 311 reports over the last month (some closed with 'no action required'), and still nothing done. Frustrating.

I wonder if it's being done by the city, or by a subcontractor to Marigold? Or perhaps nobody knows who is supposed to be doing it...

Still sidewalks/crossings regularly blocked by windrows and missed sections of clearing around my neighbourhood... as a daily runner and occasional bike commuter (these days, at least), the snow clearing work around my zone has been sure frustrating to deal with to say the least. And that's...

I'll repeat it again, but we really need a rapid-response switch to clear shared-use paths along arterial roads and heavily-used areas (eg. near LRT stations) ASAP after significant snow dumps like this. The amount of snow we got, plus drifts from the wind have made every uncleared path almost...

Contractor-maintained (for Capital Line LRT): vs. City-maintained, on the same stretch of pathway: Same here, contractor-maintained in the foreground, city-maintained past the "End Construction" sign. We can do things better.

Yeah, it is unavoidable in certain spots, but the city's snow clearing standards/procedures for their MUPs sure don't help. Windrows left to melt onto the 2-5cm of snowpack lead to a skating rink (or a significantly deep puddle) more often than not in shaded areas. There doesn't really seem to...

But a significant portion of roads are bone dry.

I feel like there needs to be standards set, similar to snow clearing, with regard to icy city-maintained sidewalks during freeze-thaw cycles.

I’ve emailed about similar issues like snow clearing in the past, but never received a response. I suspect he’s been inundated by similar things in the last few months.

And the kicker is that these are all city-maintained paths, which were cleared to standard. It’s fine when the temperatures are consistent, but when it gets warm, this is what happens. They’re probably sick of seeing 311 reports on these same areas every year, but these conditions are downright...

Some great new luge tracks around my neighbourhood.