‘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.
