Z. Miller spoke to the subject matter. in response to Councillor S. McFadden, Z. Miller spoke to signal activation and provided the rationale for maintaining the pedestrian and cyclist signal when not activated. In response to comments from Councillor S. McFadden Colin Patterson, Manager, Traffic Services and Road Safety spoke to how it would impact the users if signals were disabled and spoke to the citywide operation. Z. Miller spoke to maintaining consistent operations, prioritizing the pedestrian at intersections and to the process for making changes to signals. Councillor S. McFadden noted that it would be safer to have the pedestrian signals activated only when a pedestrian is present.
In response to Abdul Mannan Mohammed, Citizen Member, Z. Miller spoke to the decision citywide to have Advanced Pedestrian Signals (APS) at all intersections in the city when APS systems are available.
Mike Mattic, Citizen Member spoke in support of having APS at all major intersections.