Discussion Topic: Active Lifestyle and Leisure
Votes: 6
by admin 6:42pm, 5 October 2009
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Who We Are: A Snapshot of Edmontonians reports that we place great emphasis on being physically active during our leisure time, with 78% of us saying we like to walk for pleasure, 63% garden, 39% bicycle or swim in pools, 38% participate in fitness activities, 31% hike, and 30% play sports.
How well are our City parks and recreation centres, walking/bicycling trails, streets and sidewalks meeting our need to be physically active during our leisure time?
What improvements should be considered?
Relates to website: http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/WhoWeAre_Full.pdf
citizen Comment 1
7:45pm, 5 October 2009
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Great bikes and parks trails. The big improvement I would like to see is in repairing the sidewalks in my 50 year plus community.
People use ice melt products that actually eat away at the public sidewalk and I think the City should educate people on what to use during icy weather. Concrete eating products should be actively discouraged.
Jeanette Comment 1.1
11:53pm, 21 October 2009
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I walk for groceries. Those slanted (disabled?) sidewalks are downright dangerous to someone who off balance to begin with. Add the disabillity of polio, and you will see someone who has nosedived into the street more than once. My walker took off down the extreme slant, I grabbed, tripped and landed in front of on coming traffic. I was walking west and landed pointing north. Makes me want to stay home, but I have a mother to care for.
Edmontonian Comment 2
11:19am, 20 October 2009
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Increased bike lanes would be beneficial and would probably encourage more people to bike to work, etc.
Odessa70 Comment 2.1
1:54pm, 20 October 2009
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Our trails are amazing, but i would like to see updated information kiosks along the paths. Also, the use of the trails would be a wonderful way to access the major centres reducing traffic on the throughfares. Look at increased bicycle lanes and even a way to access the downtown and University area using existing trails.
andrew Comment 3
11:34pm, 20 October 2009
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Our older communities have parks and green space, as the city expands an increasing amount of this space is privately held. In the ravine park near my home I often run into people who have driven in from the suburbs to enjoy the trails and open space. There is similiar geography in many of these suburbs but it doesn't seem to be as accessable as older (pre mid eighties) neighborhoods.
Tomm Comment 4
12:47pm, 17 December 2009
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the sidewolk onthe south side of Whyte Avenue between 102 and 103 Street is often uncard for, that is snow and ice there is seldom remoeved. this is a major (almost the only one) conduit for foot traffic between the west sdie of Whyte avenue and the east side. year after year, it is in poor shape, and the city seems not to care. The requirement of propety owners clearingthe sidewalks in front of their property is a lousy way to have sidewalks cleared and usually results in ragged snow removal. For a busy commercial (retail) district used by people from all across the city to use this system seems to be unconscionable. The city should take responsibility for this, if the propety-owners wont' do it, especially if it is trying to encourage peope to walk. Clean cleared sidewalks would make the city look that much more clean and inviting.
Another way to improve wlaking is not to widen streets as the city'smaster plan is reportedly advocating. To prelvent urban sprawl the city should stop paving over land for roads, Trafic increased to fill roads avialbe, also if the city widens lanes, trucks wil lincrrease in size to fil lthe wider lanes. we need less vehicles and smaller vehicles to regain balance with more active means of transportation.
The city should launch a program of Snow clearing or enforcement of property-owners doing it in targeted pedestiran areas, such as Old Strathcona, radiating out progessively from Whyte Avenue. Parking lots that touch sidewalks should haveto have fances or low bars to stop cars from parking on sidewalks. The city needs to protect sidewalks and walkers thereon from encroachment or danger from automobiles.
Thanks for reading this.
Tomm
