06-10-2020, 11:30 AM
(06-10-2020, 11:06 AM)jamincan Wrote: Stirling Ave. between King and Weber is a good width, imo, for residential streets. Wide enough that with parking on one side, vehicles can still get through, but it requires people to slow right down and take their time.
That road is about 7 meters wide, which for our city, is a reasonable width with parking (and I think is the new complete streets guide for streets) considering there are residential streets in excess of 15 meters wide in the city.
I would still prefer narrower, 6 meters or 6.5 meters would be fine for two way traffic, if the road isn't going to be wide enough for two way traffic with parking, then it doesn't need to be any wider than it would already be for two way traffic. But there are very few roads this narrow in the city, but there are a few in the area where I live, St. George (~6m), Hebbel Pl. (~4.5m), Whitney Pl. (~4m, some places as narrow as 3.5m).
I sure wish we could still build these streets today.
Oh, and a street which is wide for parking, which rarely has parking, even worse, in that case parking bays are needed with curbing to limit the effective road width.