From My Bottom Step

Thiel Street Robbery

A media release from London Police Service. Published by FMBS as a public service.

City Hall Microphones

Please support my policy request.

Update to AAC re LTC Subsidies

An update re public transit subsidies. #LTC [video]

Additional LTC Subsidies Rejected

The City of London will continue to discriminate.

AAC Delegation

A challenge to London City Council re winter sidewalk snow clearing. #video

London’s Got It Backwards

Follow the money trail. Pay attention to Council’s spending priorities. [audio]

Walkability?

London pedestrians may have to grow wings and fly.

Subsidized Transit for Low-Income Londoners

The Community and Protective Services Committee will hold a public participation meeting on January 25, 2010 at 5:00 p.m., to hear delegations regarding the proposed options for changes to the current City of London subsidized transit program for seniors and the visually impaired. The staff report regarding the possible options can be viewed on the City’s website at www.london.ca or is available for public review from … Continue Reading

We Need To Get Over The Humps

In his 2009/11/16 report to the Environment & Transportation Committee, David Leckie (Director of Roads & Transportation) states that “snow clearing is a debate that takes place in all Canadian cities.” Which explains why in this province, the Ontario Good Roads Association commissioned a task force to review the province’s existing Minimum Maintenance Standards for roads. It in turn commissioned a sub-group to develop a best practice for sidewalk winter maintenance. According to Mr. Leckie’s report, that group “concluded that there is no single standard to recommend, because climate and diversity of approaches across municipalities create too great a variation.”

Mr. Leckie explains that in London “We do all sidewalk maintenance and have adopted our own standards for doing so. The only exception is our downtown area, where the shop owners are expected to do that maintenance.” Continue Reading

Attack on the Blind?

I’ve been aware of past citizen requests for public transit subsidies, but I only just become aware of this latest development when I was approached for assistance by a member of the local chapter of the Canadian Council of the Blind.

At it’s 2009/11/02 meeting, the Community and Protective Services (CAPS) Committee requested that the City Clerk schedule a 2009/12/07 public participation meeting to receive delegations about the following subsidized transit options that a report from the General Manager of Community Services asked to be considered: Continue Reading