03-08-2016, 10:03 PM
Welcome to the forum, tvot! Great first post.
I don't live in the neighbourhood, and only occasionally find myself passing through there, so don't feel comfortable having a strong opinion about the specific measures being taken. I think a lot of the tools that they are proposing to use are very exciting to see in a strategic way like this in an established neighbourhood and I hope the various municipalities consider using them more extensively. I can see one-way streets for cars, or diverters, being useful in my own neighbourhood for traffic calming.
I will say this: you're right that it's interesting that the sidewalk on Roslin switches sides, and I really don't understand why putting sidewalks on both sides of the street can't be done. I'm sure there's a reason of which I'm ignorant, but it seems to me that sidewalks (continuous ones, on both sides of the street) should be a priority in a neighbourhood so close to Waterloo's core.
I don't live in the neighbourhood, and only occasionally find myself passing through there, so don't feel comfortable having a strong opinion about the specific measures being taken. I think a lot of the tools that they are proposing to use are very exciting to see in a strategic way like this in an established neighbourhood and I hope the various municipalities consider using them more extensively. I can see one-way streets for cars, or diverters, being useful in my own neighbourhood for traffic calming.
I will say this: you're right that it's interesting that the sidewalk on Roslin switches sides, and I really don't understand why putting sidewalks on both sides of the street can't be done. I'm sure there's a reason of which I'm ignorant, but it seems to me that sidewalks (continuous ones, on both sides of the street) should be a priority in a neighbourhood so close to Waterloo's core.