General Road and Highway Discussion - Printable Version +- Waterloo Region Connected (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com) +-- Forum: Waterloo Region Works (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=14) +--- Forum: Transportation and Infrastructure (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=25) +--- Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion (/showthread.php?tid=335) Pages:
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RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Bob_McBob - 05-15-2021 What happened to the rollout of speed cameras outside schools? The region has legally been able to install the initial batch for over a month now since notification period ended. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - danbrotherston - 05-21-2021 Well, a hit and run collision in downtown resulted in diesel fuel being spread across a half dozen roads in DTK. What a mess... RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - ac3r - 05-30-2021 NY Times has a good article regarding the removal of highways that exist through cities: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/27/climate/us-cities-highway-removal.html RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - plam - 05-30-2021 (05-30-2021, 05:33 PM)ac3r Wrote: NY Times has a good article regarding the removal of highways that exist through cities: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/27/climate/us-cities-highway-removal.html Yes, thanks! KW mostly escaped that I think. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - ac3r - 05-31-2021 Our favourite cynical Dutchphile cyclist is back with another video on the values of car sharing. I'd like to see more growth in this area in Waterloo Region: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - danbrotherston - 05-31-2021 (05-31-2021, 02:31 PM)ac3r Wrote: Our favourite cynical Dutchphile cyclist is back with another vide on the values of car sharing. I'd like to see more growth in this area in Waterloo Region: WR has been pretty progressive when it comes to car sharing. At least historically. Community car share now Communauto has been running car sharing in the region for quite a while, and AFAIK WR was one of the earliest small to midsized cities to get car sharing, possibly a decade before it became relatively common. Communauto is still the largest carshare company. I will say that the key to supporting car sharing is: 1) Density - there must be enough people in walking distance to a car to support it, and that walking distance is very short 2) Supporting non-car commuting - car sharing only makes sense when people don't commute by SOV. 3) Increasing the cost of parking - if people are already forced to own extensive amounts of parking because it's built into home ownership and work place costs, they are much more likely to own a car. In that regard, midsized cities like ours really struggle to support car sharing, even here, it's really only feasible in a few places in the city, so I think we're doing well in supporting that. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - tomh009 - 05-31-2021 Communauto has 15 locations in Kitchener and nine more in Waterloo -- that's not bad at all, I think. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Bytor - 06-04-2021 "During The Pandemic Lockdown, Traffic Deaths Soared To The Highest Level In 13 Years" https://www.npr.org/2021/06/03/1003034071/surge-in-traffic-deaths-in-2020-linked-to-drivers-risky-behavior-during-the-pand TL;DR→ fewer drivers meant less congestion, less congestion meant faster speeds, which in turn meant more traffic deaths. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Bob_McBob - 06-14-2021 (05-15-2021, 01:13 AM)Bob_McBob Wrote: What happened to the rollout of speed cameras outside schools? The region has legally been able to install the initial batch for over a month now since notification period ended. Following up on this, the region started installing a camera in Winterbourne last week, but so far it's just an empty shell mounted on a post. The camera is aimed south, but I gather these cameras cover both directions? I have noticed a few drivers going much closer to the speed limit in this stretch, but almost every time I drive past, the vehicle in front of me would have been caught by the camera. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - timio - 06-14-2021 I saw the concrete camera base had been poured on Westmount southbound just north of Laurentian School a few weeks ago. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Archetype - 06-14-2021 Also heard that signs are up in front of Westheights saying cameras are being installed. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - timio - 06-14-2021 (06-14-2021, 09:48 PM)Archetype Wrote: Also heard that signs are up in front of Westheights saying cameras are being installed. Can confirm. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - nms - 06-15-2021 The post has also been installed west of Keatsway Public School. No camera yet. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - neonjoe - 06-15-2021 Post and camera enclosure is now up on Westmount. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Bob_McBob - 06-16-2021 I noticed the region is finally converting the notorious Erbsville Road and Conservation Drive intersection into a four-way stop on July 13. It should absolutely be a roundabout given the new developments and increased traffic on Conservation Drive, but they're apparently unwilling to expropriate the land at this time. I guess a messy four-way stop is better than the current blind two-way stop, but expropriating that little barn on the corner would greatly improve safety. |