@meganL

IRONCIALLY, this situation was manageble when we had the prior #BusRoute, simply due to #SnowClearance and #WinterMaintenance.

Back then, the local road was #ploughed and #salted or #sanded regularly.

So even though sidewalk-alley intersections were impassable, if you could get ON to the road surface itself, the region could still be traversed.

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#yeg
#yegRoads
#pedestrians
#disability
#accessibility

@meganL

But that stop is long gone now, and so too is the #BusRoute that served it. This also means that this street is no longer considered essential for city #SnowClearance.

As mentioned, no big deal, right? That new stop is still close by even though ~2x as far.

But …

5/x

@meganL

Now, while the #BusRoute street was routinely cleared of #snow, it left large #windrows across the curbcuts to get from sidewalk to the road surface. Neither the city nor homeowners tended to do much about this.

If one were relying on a #rollator or a #wheelchair, one was already completely screwed (assuming the sidewalks to that point were cleared 😂 or that no one has accidentally parked on them bc the snowpack has erased the continuous-curve to level or higher 😂😂😂)

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