Out and About in the ward

Running for City Councillor is an amazing experience. You get to push yourself in ways you never thought possible and you get talk to people about the things that matter. I know I have mentioned this several times in my blog and I mention it again because it really is an amazing part of the election. One that I did not know was going to be so fun and rewarding.Today most of my conversations with you were about traffic and the roads in the area. As you know this is one of my concerns in the community and one that I am committed to finding a solution to.Last night I invited a group of citizens to come to the campaign office to work with a facilitator to see what solutions we could find for the traffic concerns in our ward. It was a great night.In 2 short hours seven people came up with over 90 ideas to address the traffic issues. I am just writing out the notes from the events so cannot give you a full review but I personally saw options, solutions and ideas that would have never crossed my mind without this group. It was empowering and exciting.I look forward to sharing the outcomes with you in a few days.
The point of the gathering was to find solutions and next steps. I got much more than that, I got a chance to work with community for the community not just one street or area. It was one step. One step of many more to come.If seven people can come up with 90 ideas that then spark six solid and workable actions then imagine what the entire ward can create? Now that is exciting....So, what is your beef about traffic today? One issue that came up several times today was the running of stop signs on our side streets. Tell me your experience with our side streets. Do you see people running the stop signs? Is it because people can't see them? Are people driving too fast? Are they in the right locations? Let me know.