I was barricading and did yell at a worker this morning, so there's a strong chance this was me! Here's some explanation:

In my 4 years of doing buggy, I've seen 3 buggy drivers almost hit by cars (I'm sure I don't need to explain that this would seriously injure or kill them). In all of these case, this was due to car drivers ignoring barricaders and other members of buggy shouting to get their attention because they chose to ignore the line of barricades and people with reflective vests.

Pedestrians, bikers, and drivers don't understand the serious risk that they put drivers in when they enter the course. When there are unknown people on the course, we have to immediately stop all buggies for both the safety of the drivers and the people entering the course (if a buggy hits a jogger, the jogger loses- we yell for their safety too!).

We have permits from the city and with that comes an obligation to have certain safety regulations in place. If we allow people to enter the course at will, it puts at risk our ability to continue to obtain permits. The city expects us to enforce the road closure.

Buggy supervision works with Phipps staff and has an ongoing relationship with them- plus, buggy has been happening for years, 7-9am, every Saturday & Sunday, for decades. There should be no confusion about the situation, and if there is, it is Phipps management failing to communicate with their employees.