For instance, I sometimes drop my car off on Corporate Dr. in Burlington and then walk to the bus on Appleby.
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.39011...7i13312!8i6656
It's actually my favourite industrial park because there's lots of grass, trees and a creek passing through. And it has relatively little traffic going through it for a city like that. And it's just around the corner from shopping and housing. I used to live around nearby and would take those roads to get somewhere because you can just breeze through there.
But why no sidewalks? It's not new but it's not that old either like some industrial streets you would find in Scarboro, Etobicoke or North York.
It's a huge pain in the a$$ to walk there in the winter. Imagine you took the bus to work there. Imagine there are snow banks and it's a slushy kind of day. Good luck when cars and trucks are passing you as you walk from the bus stop on Appleby.
How did this ever happen? I'm guessing at the time they built it, Burlington was much smaller and maybe did't have a transit system? And so there were no bylaws requiring developers to build sidewalks? And even if they did have sidewalks, the city didn't want to pay to maintain and plow at that time?
Is this more common than I realize? I know there are mature residential streets without sidewalks. At least people know you should be driving slow there. And there isn't the same volume of traffic. And no trucks.