Comment 85304

By DowntownInHamilton (registered) | Posted January 19, 2013 at 09:23:57 in reply to Comment 85280

You shouldn't be confused.

This is a busy, 5-lane dual-direction crosswalk referenced at the beginning, then a multi-lane, dual-direction crosswalk in the second part.

The first street looks to be busy. Very busy, I'd say. Reminds me of something near Clappison's Corners, which is about the same layout, maybe a bit more busy than that one in the video. This street is pretty heavily driven, and now with the new big box stores, there's more pedestrian traffic too. However, you'd be best served to cross at a functional crosswalk, not where it's convenient for a pedestrian. If there's a place where a crosswalk should go, these pedestrians, people who live nearby, and community activists should be working with city hall, instead of endangering themselves and others by jaywalking.

I'm all for crosswalks that are in places where they're needed - for example, the one that just was written up right here at RTH on John and Augusta - but I am not for putting them in where they aren't used. It's a compromise, like most things in a city. The weight of the times that it's used vs the times it isn't. For example - there's a big stretch on John from Young to Charlton where there is no crosswalk. I'd love to have one at Forest, or at the entrance to the strip mall, but there isn't one there. It would probably get used a lot too, but I am OK with the compromise of walking the 2 blocks from either crosswalk to cross once again.

Why is this so difficult?

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