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Walkable city == enforcement of snow shoveling ordinance
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michaelcoyote
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Posted 2 years ago # -
deraj1013
Merion Village
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From the Dispatch...
Sure, you're supposed to clear your sidewalks, but Columbus never issues citations
By Charlie Boss and Robert Vitale
Mayor Michael B. Coleman brags often about efforts to make Columbus more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly. The city has spent millions installing sidewalks and trails in the last three years and plans to spend millions more.
But Columbus rarely if ever enforces a longstanding city law requiring property owners to clear sidewalks, officials acknowledge. And bike trails aren't part of a city snow-removal plan that focuses almost exclusively on roadways.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Urban_InFill
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It appears that the fine for non-compliance is $100. Perhaps the city should dispatch a handful of meter-maids to swing through the city streets and issue fines to those who've not cleared their walks.
Rather than raising parking costs at a time when it's not competitive to do so, the city could simply enforce it's own rules and create a revenue stream by making the city truly accessible to pedestrians.
On just my block alone, the City could pull in an easy $2k!
Posted 2 years ago # -
HeySquare
German Village
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For those of you pedestrians that have not been introduced to Yaktrax, I highly recommend them. They are especially good in wintery mix of snow and ice. I pretty much walk the dog in them every day, and they work quite well.
http://www.gadgetgrid.com/2009/01/12/yaktrax-brings-snow-chains-to-your-feet/
Posted 2 years ago # -
0Angle
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HeySquare wrote >>
For those of you pedestrians that have not been introduced to Yaktrax, I highly recommend them. They are especially good in wintery mix of snow and ice. I pretty much walk the dog in them every day, and they work quite well.
http://www.gadgetgrid.com/2009/01/12/yaktrax-brings-snow-chains-to-your-feet/+1 on the Yak Trax
Got some at Clintonville Outfitters last September-I didn't know if I would get to use them this winter...Posted 2 years ago # -
Twixlen
Westgate, Columbus
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+2 on the YakTrax... I have three pair, because I wore my first pair out last winter. They do a fantastic job, even on glassy ice.
The downside is that if the snow is very wet, very clumpy, I've found them to cause the snow to attach itself to my feet. That's pretty rare though.
Eddie Bauer outlet had them as well....
Posted 2 years ago # -
catnfiddle
Giant Corncob District
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Urban_InFill wrote >>
It appears that the fine for non-compliance is $100. Perhaps the city should dispatch a handful of meter-maids to swing through the city streets and issue fines to those who've not cleared their walks.
Rather than raising parking costs at a time when it's not competitive to do so, the city could simply enforce it's own rules and create a revenue stream by making the city truly accessible to pedestrians.
On just my block alone, the City could pull in an easy $2k!Great idea, especially on a day like this when not many people are using the meters.
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kcrissinger
Brookshire
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Walker wrote >>
Mister MooCow wrote >>
I'd rant to the city's environmental steward about this, but she seems to have been a victim of the city budget cuts.Really? When? I ran into her a few weeks ago at a community recycling meeting.
No, Erin Miller is still employed by the City.
Posted 2 years ago # -
surber17
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Urban_InFill wrote >>
It appears that the fine for non-compliance is $100. Perhaps the city should dispatch a handful of meter-maids to swing through the city streets and issue fines to those who've not cleared their walks.
Rather than raising parking costs at a time when it's not competitive to do so, the city could simply enforce it's own rules and create a revenue stream by making the city truly accessible to pedestrians.
On just my block alone, the City could pull in an easy $2k!+1!!!! Exactly what I was saying before! From these two snowfalls alone, the city could have made a ton of money.
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Lakee911
Clintonville (South)
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surber17 wrote >>
Urban_InFill wrote >>
It appears that the fine for non-compliance is $100. Perhaps the city should dispatch a handful of meter-maids to swing through the city streets and issue fines to those who've not cleared their walks.
Rather than raising parking costs at a time when it's not competitive to do so, the city could simply enforce it's own rules and create a revenue stream by making the city truly accessible to pedestrians.
On just my block alone, the City could pull in an easy $2k!+1!!!! Exactly what I was saying before! From these two snowfalls alone, the city could have made a ton of money.
You're forgetting that the city is bent on doing whatever the hell they want to do (i.e doing it already). Something like this requires thought and I'm sure it would be shot down by some dumbass only because he didn't think of it himself so therefore it must be stupid.
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kcrissinger
Brookshire
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The City should concentrate on businesses on major arterial roads on which bus stops are located. Most of the businesses on Sullivant avenue still haven't shoveled from the first two storms.
The City should definitely be doing something about this.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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I drove around a bit earlier and everything was surprisingly clear. Stuck mostly to major roads while running errands, and I think the worst street was probably High. The outside lanes were very slushy and slippery, but the inside lanes were fine.
I can't speak to the side streets, but nice work on keeping the main arteries cleared today.
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Tenzo
Chicago Lakeshore
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HeySquare wrote >>
For those of you pedestrians that have not been introduced to Yaktrax, I highly recommend them. They are especially good in wintery mix of snow and ice. I pretty much walk the dog in them every day, and they work quite well.
http://www.gadgetgrid.com/2009/01/12/yaktrax-brings-snow-chains-to-your-feet/I believe those came in my German Village 'Welcome' kit.
In an area where you can't salt and bricks turn to ice they are mandatory.Just make sure you take them off when coming inside. They will grip through anything short of ceramic tile. Which means they will rip up your hardware floor like a chainsaw
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kcrissinger
Brookshire
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Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
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protip: if you want your mail and don't want to piss off your carrier you should shovel your sidewalk regardless of the laws.
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labi
Weinland Park
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Rockmastermike wrote >>
protip: if you want your mail and don't want to piss off your carrier you should shovel your sidewalk regardless of the laws.Key. When we first bought our house, we wondered why we suddenly stopped getting any mail after a week or two. Turned out the carrier had unilaterally decided our house was vacant and informed the main post office. Our mail was held without notice until we finally figured out that we were getting absolutely nothing at all. Take good care of your mail carrier, they can fight back.
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tourist19
Merion Village
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I was just in DC last weekend, and you'd think for a city as pedestrian driven as they are more people would have shoveled their walks! It was crazy bad there. Most of the time you were walking in a narrow one person only path of smashed down snow turned into ice between piles of un-shoveled snow several feet deep. If anyone was coming the other direction one of you would have to stand in the snow drifts or on someone's walk to let the other person pass. Getting from my friend's apartment to the subway with my suitcase was an adventure. I'm still not sure how I did it!
Anyway, just posting to say Columbus is clearly not the only city with this issue.
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