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Originally Posted by First Lady
For all the people wanting a "walkable" city, not too many seem to want to walk the extra feet to a safe crosswalk.  |
Having a walkable city isn't about making walking trips unnecessarily inefficient, but rather the opposite.
It's unfortunate that the city botched the survey questions to the Sunnyside residents. Although it would have helped to have simplified the questions (ie: keep it where it is, or move it"), this is one of those situations where community input was not necessary or helpful.
There's a new, major piece of infrastructure that will generate a lot of pedestrian and cycling traffic, and the crosswalk needs to move to accommodate it. Done. There should be consultation with the community about how the relocated crosswalk will impact the neighbourhood (whether 7th should be re-opened and 8th closed, etc.), but the issue of whether the crosswalk should be moved should never have been up for debate or consultation.