10-29-2021, 02:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-29-2021, 02:48 PM by danbrotherston.)
I mean, I think pretty clearly it could go down to 3 lanes with the middle being an intermittent turn lane.
That would leave room for bike lanes, maybe even wider sidewalks.
That's not a perfect world, that's like, easy to achieve today...with literally zero sacrifices from anyone. Safer for everyone, handles same traffic volume, the fact we won't do this speaks to the inflexibility and car centric policies of our regional government.
In a particularly ambitious world, we would make significantly more changes, restrict to two lanes, limit speed to 40km/h, limit access to the residential areas in behind to just Joseph and Charles Sts., make more pedestrian crossings, more ped space, cycle tracks, combine with removing Park St. as a through road through Vic Park. Etc.
This would require actual changes to our culture and society, rather than just pols ignoring the fear mongering from a few loudmouth anti-change folks, who are afraid of nothing.
That would leave room for bike lanes, maybe even wider sidewalks.
That's not a perfect world, that's like, easy to achieve today...with literally zero sacrifices from anyone. Safer for everyone, handles same traffic volume, the fact we won't do this speaks to the inflexibility and car centric policies of our regional government.
In a particularly ambitious world, we would make significantly more changes, restrict to two lanes, limit speed to 40km/h, limit access to the residential areas in behind to just Joseph and Charles Sts., make more pedestrian crossings, more ped space, cycle tracks, combine with removing Park St. as a through road through Vic Park. Etc.
This would require actual changes to our culture and society, rather than just pols ignoring the fear mongering from a few loudmouth anti-change folks, who are afraid of nothing.