08-16-2021, 03:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-16-2021, 03:41 PM by danbrotherston.)
I long ago had a proposed improvement to fix Victoria without losing a single inch of traffic capacity. Simply redirect traffic turning right on Park St up Joseph and through to Park along the railway and then remove one lane from Victoria that effectively acts as a right turn lane anyway.
I thought it would be an easy win. But in the face of our modern climate disaster and my new found "animosity" to cars, I think the better solution is just to remove a lane of traffic because that will more meaningfully reduce traffic volumes. And I don't think it's any less feasible of a solution given regions inability to think outside the box and try unique solutions.
Of course Victoria has been 3 lanes for a year now with construction with no discernable congestion so we know doing this is perfectly reasonable, yet I'm sure some on council will still complain about the affront to democracy that taking a lane from traffic would be.
I thought it would be an easy win. But in the face of our modern climate disaster and my new found "animosity" to cars, I think the better solution is just to remove a lane of traffic because that will more meaningfully reduce traffic volumes. And I don't think it's any less feasible of a solution given regions inability to think outside the box and try unique solutions.
Of course Victoria has been 3 lanes for a year now with construction with no discernable congestion so we know doing this is perfectly reasonable, yet I'm sure some on council will still complain about the affront to democracy that taking a lane from traffic would be.