‘Scrambles’ seen to be good for pedestrians, not motorists

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‘Scrambles’ seen to be good for pedestrians, not motorists

Just one quarter want them phased out

TORONTO, March 15th, 2015 - In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 520 Toronto voters, 3-in 10 have used pedestrian scrambles as a pedestrian (31%), just fewer have used them as a motorist (26%) and fewer than a fifth have used them from both sides of the windshield (17%). One quarter have never experienced a scramble (26%).

Almost all find scrambles effective for pedestrians

In total, the vast majority who have used scrambles say they work well for pedestrians (85%), and two thirds say they do so “very well” (63%). This is equally the case among those who have used them only as a motorist (55%), as a pedestrian only (69%) and as both (66%).

Two thirds find scrambles work well for motorists

Two thirds of those who have used them say scrambles work well for motorists (62%), but just one quarter say they work “very well” (27%), and this is equally the case among motorists (22%), pedestrians (25%), but mores among those who have used them as both (39%).

One quarter want scrambles gone

Just one quarter of all voters want scrambles phased out (24%), and this is especially common to the oldest (34%), Doug Ford voters (37%), and provincial PC voters (34%). One half want them to stay (48%) and more than a quarter have no view (28%). Those who have used them as motorists are slightly more likely to want them gone (28%) than are those who have only used them as a pedestrian (19%).

"It is apparent that, while motorists are less happy with the effectiveness of scrambles, they are really no less likely to want them to stay in place as part of the city infrastructure," said Forum Research President, Dr. Lorne Bozinoff.

Lorne Bozinoff, Ph.D. is the president and founder of Forum Research. He can be reached at lbozinoff@forumresearch.com or at (416) 960-9603.