[Uptown] Erb/Bridgeport/Caroline/Albert Reconstruction

[ookpik]

ookpik suggests raising the speed limit to 60km/h. At that speed, a human being struck by a car will be killed 90% of the time. At 50km/h, it's 55% of the time, and at 30km/h it's 5% of the time. I would imagine that these specific roads probably need to see traffic flowing faster than 30km/h, but the way they're designed encourages much, much higher speeds.

With the current limit 50, most traffic does 60-70, and some even faster. I'd rather see the limit at 60 and enforced, perhaps with photo-radar, than at 50 and ignored, both by drivers and the cops. I'll bet average speeds would be lower than they are today. IMO that would be safer for pedestrians. (As would a signalled crossing where Laurel Cr crosses Bridgeport, just as there is where it crosses Erb.)