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Former Arlington site, submitted 311 a week ago, pure ice and DANGEROUS.

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I happened to be in Toronto when they recently got hit with a record snow fall. That day my flight was cancelled, along with around 600 others, so I got to stick around and see how they dug themselves out of it.

It was amazing, by the middle of the next day they had a lot of it cleaned up downtown and even some residential streets, but of course not all. I notice they use more truck plows that seem to work very well for such snowfalls. Perhaps we should learn something from them.
 
ntt1 said:
This certainly doesn't do well to push back against the perception that the city doesn't care about anybody not in a motor vehicle.

Here's a sidewalk under a 3-day priority schedule in my neighbourhood, plowed after it became impassable. Even worse now.View attachment 706180
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I've been away for the last few weeks and in the meantime it looks like they've cleared all the sidewalks around me to a double-wide standard, including the area above, so kudos for that.

Unfortunately, they also took out a light post in the process. Hard not to think that if this had been plowed properly initially, this wouldn't have happened, which will cost money to fix.

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We need to start clearing MUPs way faster to take advantage of warm spells. The 3-5 days leaves most of them packed down with multiple inches of thick, bumpy snow that quickly becomes ice as it warms. Then we spend the rest of the winter pushing/brushing snow off the ice and it’s never better till spring.

If we prioritize clearing faster, it’ll make the rest of the season more effective in clearing. The difference between sidewalks and MUPs this next week will be stark. Sidewalks that have been cleared with be pristine after a few warm days. MUPs will be icy hellholes.
 
thommyjo said:
We need to start clearing MUPs way faster to take advantage of warm spells. The 3-5 days leaves most of them packed down with multiple inches of thick, bumpy snow that quickly becomes ice as it warms. Then we spend the rest of the winter pushing/brushing snow off the ice and it’s never better till spring.

If we prioritize clearing faster, it’ll make the rest of the season more effective in clearing. The difference between sidewalks and MUPs this next week will be stark. Sidewalks that have been cleared with be pristine after a few warm days. MUPs will be icy hellholes.
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Yep, and then there are the few weeks where they become skating rinks during the March/April thaw, especially the parts that refreeze overnight and in the shade. Meanwhile the residents/businesses/construction areas who have maintained a clear walk all winter will be fine.
 
Michael Janz pointed to City of Edmonton big data to clear storm water drains. What about looking at Google Street View? There's no excuse for this.
 
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