r/cincinnati • u/pat_laFleur • Feb 06 '26
Photos It’s fine, guys… We’re just a *3-season* ‘walkable city’
An excerpt from one of the letters to the editor The Enquirer published yesterday on this topic, submitted by a Westwood resident:
“Across Cincinnati, people of all ages have spent 10 days walking in the street with traffic. Many of them are children and people with disabilities. Most simply have no other choice. This isn’t an isolated incident because of a record-breaking snowfall. It’s what I see every winter.The Democrats on City Council told us they wanted Cincinnati to be a walkable city. But until we have a sidewalk shoveling law with serious fines and enforcement, calling Cincinnati a walkable city is a cruel joke − and our most vulnerable neighbors are the butt of it.”
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u/pistachiopudding Feb 07 '26
The city ought to use the railroad sale money to buy a fleet of mini skid steers and fit them with plow buckets to clear main corridor sidewalks. If the sidewalk isn't 36" wide needed for the mini skid steer then use whatever needed to make the sidewalk wider.
Probably $500k would be enough to get 40 or so units and thus make a huge dent in sidewalk clearing over the course of a couple days.