08-13-2019, 09:33 AM
(08-13-2019, 08:52 AM)MidTowner Wrote: Kitchener has passed its pilot program to lower speed limits to 40km/h on about a dozen streets in three wards.
We are pretty far behind. Hamilton has had entire swaths of the city with 40km/h speed limits, and 30km/h in school zones, for a few years. They're not exactly at the vanguard of road safety.
The province's changes a few years ago mean that it is now as cheap as a handful of signs to reduce speed limits in a large area.
And, of course, without changes to road design, will drivers who exceeded the previous 50km/h limit obey the new 40km/h? Well, I guess the pilot might tell us.
Sadly I don't think the pilot will help at all. I think the region has once again blocked things here. My understanding is most of council and the majority of staff were onboard for doing this change 2 years ago but then the region found out and now... we get a piecemeal pilot. Disappointing to the say the least.