LORINC: The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course
The City made good on its promise to improve snow clearing on streets in the aftermath of a big snowfall — sidewalks, not so much
By John LorincDoes the City of Toronto see its network of sidewalks as transportation infrastructure? Officially, the answer is yes. Transportation services, the sprawling department tasked with planning, maintaining and enforcing rules on Toronto’s public rights-of-way, is notionally responsible for the care and feeding of our sidewalks. But the record-setting snow-dump that hit us a week ago Sunday reveals (and not for the first time) that sidewalks are the second-class citizens of our... Read more
