pedestrian blues

Car drivers aren’t the only ones who face the extra challenges of winter: slipping, sliding and getting splashed.

It doesn’t help when botched City projects like the strip boondoogle makes things more difficult for pedestrians. Planting new utility poles smack in the middle of the sidewalk doesn’t make it any easier for pedestrians and the heroic sidewalk plowers.

Bells Corners pedestrians have special challenges, even in good weather, like the sidewalk to nowhere and the Robertson Gauntlet.

But they’re not complaining – walking is so much more fun than driving, so our local walkers tend to be a happy bunch.


This veteran strip walker said he enjoyed the parts of the strip that have real sidewalks, but the gauntlets, not so much.

Cyclists too have a bit of a rough time in winter, but it obviously didn’t discourage these people or this guy from riding the rut.