06-20-2018, 09:48 PM
What are the top 5 "easy wins" our new municipal government(s) could do in their first year to improve cycling safety?
Here are my suggestions:
1) Lower speed limits (i.e. 30kph on all residential streets).
2) For all new and reconstructed road projects insist that they:
a. Have narrowed lanes (a reduced minimum and maximum lane widths).
b. Remove excessive lane capacity (road diet e.g. Belmont, Frederick/Benton, etc.)
c. Remove all on-street parking (replace with micro-off street spaces of appropriate scale e.g. Homewood).
3) Like Calgary and Edmonton immediately create a minimum grid largely using existing infrastructure. Install protective measures on major cycling lanes to create a minimum grid (e.g. actual curbs, planter boxes, railing, etc.).
4) Legitimize trail crossings; change the by-laws so that dismounting is not legally required to continue on a trail and paint some elephant feet markings.
5) Narrow trail crossings (see John St example below to see crossing distance reduced nearly 50%).
Here are my suggestions:
1) Lower speed limits (i.e. 30kph on all residential streets).
2) For all new and reconstructed road projects insist that they:
a. Have narrowed lanes (a reduced minimum and maximum lane widths).
b. Remove excessive lane capacity (road diet e.g. Belmont, Frederick/Benton, etc.)
c. Remove all on-street parking (replace with micro-off street spaces of appropriate scale e.g. Homewood).
3) Like Calgary and Edmonton immediately create a minimum grid largely using existing infrastructure. Install protective measures on major cycling lanes to create a minimum grid (e.g. actual curbs, planter boxes, railing, etc.).
4) Legitimize trail crossings; change the by-laws so that dismounting is not legally required to continue on a trail and paint some elephant feet markings.
5) Narrow trail crossings (see John St example below to see crossing distance reduced nearly 50%).
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.