Snow shoveling campaign!

Hi everyone!
Active Trans launched a snow-shoveling campaign last month that features bilingual downloadable fliers to pass out to your neighbors. You can thank them or remind them about shoveling (depending on which neighbor it is..) Check it out here: www.activetrans.org/shovel.

If anyone has already used these, please let me know: margo@activetrans.org

Thanks!
Margo

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on January 6, 2010 at 9:23am
Great Idea!
Permalink Reply by Chuck a Muck on January 6, 2010 at 11:57am
What about bank owned or abandon homes? Thats 60% of my block...
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on January 6, 2010 at 12:47pm
Send the fines to AIG!

Chuck a Muck said:
What about bank owned or abandon homes? Thats 60% of my block...
Permalink Reply by S on January 6, 2010 at 2:01pm
H3N3 said:
Absolutely nothing you can do, unfortunately. You will not get them fined for lack of snow removal.
You could get them fined for other odd sanitation violations, but the notices would likely go in the garbage and there would never be any consequences. That's the city we live in. I'll push one shovel-width path clear in front of these properties if I have time, enough to help peds but not enough to be an enabler.

The city should do something like what st. paul does. After a while and a warning, the city removes the snow from the sidewalk and then bills the owner and possibly adds a fine on top of that. It's a win-win situation, the sidewalks get cleared and the various cronies of the alderman can get contracts to clear sidewalks and fees for doing so.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on January 7, 2010 at 4:16am
I'm glad to see Active Trans pushing this campaign. On some blocks in my neighborhood, most people do a decent job of keeping their sidewalks cleared. On other blocks, it's almost always terrible. The worst blocks are generally the ones with huge lots and long driveways, where most people go from house to car and rarely walk. On a few of those blocks, groups of homeowners pay someone to clear all the sidewalks. Those are great.

I have a friend who lives in Lincoln Park. She's been there in her old house since before the neighborhood gentrified. Her walk to the El is a nightmare, thanks to all the McMansion owners who don't clear their sidewalks.
Permalink Reply by Duppie on January 7, 2010 at 6:24am
A nice little publicity bump for this campaign. It is featured on the front page of the online-Trib.
Permalink Reply by dan brown on January 8, 2010 at 5:14am
I saw this on the news this morning !

very cool for ATA to get some good publicity !



you guys all rock btw

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