05-01-2024, 11:44 AM
Strasburg got some basic traffic calming installed very recently
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05-01-2024, 11:44 AM
Strasburg got some basic traffic calming installed very recently
05-01-2024, 02:48 PM
(05-01-2024, 11:44 AM)KevinL Wrote: Strasburg got some basic traffic calming installed very recently This kind of thing is a pretty good option for traffic calming retrofits (before they have the budget to do the full reconstruction they're doing on East Ave.). But it needs to be properly deployed. This needs to be done every 50 meters and at every bend in the road, plus there needs to be the budget to replace them every 1-2 weeks because drivers will destroy them. And of course, the city and council needs to be willing to tell drivers who complain about hitting them "You hit a stationary well marked object in the road and are trying to blame others for your bad driving, you should instead consider stopping driving if you are unable to avoid well marked stationary objects."
05-01-2024, 03:20 PM
(05-01-2024, 11:44 AM)KevinL Wrote: Strasburg got some basic traffic calming installed very recently New slalom course just dropped? https://old.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comme...ull_drive/
05-01-2024, 03:55 PM
(05-01-2024, 03:20 PM)dtkvictim Wrote:(05-01-2024, 11:44 AM)KevinL Wrote: Strasburg got some basic traffic calming installed very recently Oh man check out all that shared responsibility for road safety going on
local cambridge weirdo
05-01-2024, 05:54 PM
In this vein, I’d like to see many more of the concrete barriers used on the Margaret Ave. bridge over the railway. Those are much more of a barrier than what is normally seen in a parking lot but don’t make the place feel like an expressway.
05-02-2024, 08:59 AM
(05-01-2024, 05:54 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: In this vein, I’d like to see many more of the concrete barriers used on the Margaret Ave. bridge over the railway. Those are much more of a barrier than what is normally seen in a parking lot but don’t make the place feel like an expressway. Completely agree. They have some height, so they feel like a proper division of space with added safety. They certainly aren't attractive, but aren't ugly either - I've also heard a rumour that a volunteer group might be getting together this summer to paint the Margaret Ave barriers bright colours to make them more visible and be nicer to look at.
05-02-2024, 06:00 PM
(05-02-2024, 08:59 AM)SF22 Wrote:(05-01-2024, 05:54 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: In this vein, I’d like to see many more of the concrete barriers used on the Margaret Ave. bridge over the railway. Those are much more of a barrier than what is normally seen in a parking lot but don’t make the place feel like an expressway. Looking forward to that! Painted brightly those could actually have a lot of character.
05-14-2024, 01:51 PM
So as apart of the King Street reconstruction between Sportsworld drive and the 401 they’ve added a huge centre median, which could’ve been a nice edition. Added some greenery, even trees and made the stretch into a nice looking boulevard.
However apparently they’ve opted to merely slap down a bunch of concrete and call it a day. Absolutely baffling. Cold and hostile and the antithesis of good planning.
05-14-2024, 02:16 PM
(05-14-2024, 01:51 PM)Bjays93 Wrote: So as apart of the King Street reconstruction between Sportsworld drive and the 401 they’ve added a huge centre median, which could’ve been a nice edition. Added some greenery, even trees and made the stretch into a nice looking boulevard. The road was rebuilt in a manner that its prepared for centre running LRT. Utilities were replaced and the median was designed so that it could upgraded to allow for centre running LRT without tearing the entire road out again.
05-14-2024, 02:50 PM
(05-14-2024, 02:16 PM)neonjoe Wrote:(05-14-2024, 01:51 PM)Bjays93 Wrote: So as apart of the King Street reconstruction between Sportsworld drive and the 401 they’ve added a huge centre median, which could’ve been a nice edition. Added some greenery, even trees and made the stretch into a nice looking boulevard. This is exactly it. It's actually good planning, looking forward to known projects that are coming down the pipeline, even if the interim stage feels a little wrong.
05-14-2024, 03:12 PM
(05-14-2024, 02:50 PM)SF22 Wrote:(05-14-2024, 02:16 PM)neonjoe Wrote: The road was rebuilt in a manner that its prepared for centre running LRT. Utilities were replaced and the median was designed so that it could upgraded to allow for centre running LRT without tearing the entire road out again. There is no reason to use concrete on the boulevard as "preparation"...the concrete there cannot be used to put tracks on, it will have to be torn up to place the tracks. It would have been cheaper, easier, and more environmentally friendly to put grass for the 10, 20, 30 years it'll take to build the LRT.
05-14-2024, 03:52 PM
(05-14-2024, 03:12 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(05-14-2024, 02:50 PM)SF22 Wrote: This is exactly it. It's actually good planning, looking forward to known projects that are coming down the pipeline, even if the interim stage feels a little wrong. Native grasses or plants I would agreed with, but if it's sod it will look real bad real quick unless someone is frequently maintaining it. There's not many places in the region where they have done green median well and maintained it well. Most tree lawn areas maintained by the city or region also look real bad.
05-14-2024, 03:56 PM
Didn’t you know? Only concrete (conveniently) has no ongoing pesky “maintenance” like other, prettier alternatives do when it comes to budget time.
local cambridge weirdo
05-14-2024, 04:57 PM
(05-14-2024, 03:12 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(05-14-2024, 02:50 PM)SF22 Wrote: This is exactly it. It's actually good planning, looking forward to known projects that are coming down the pipeline, even if the interim stage feels a little wrong. I don't think they are saying that the concrete wouldn't need to be torn up, rather that the entire road would not need to be torn up.
05-14-2024, 08:10 PM
(05-14-2024, 02:50 PM)SF22 Wrote:(05-14-2024, 02:16 PM)neonjoe Wrote: The road was rebuilt in a manner that its prepared for centre running LRT. Utilities were replaced and the median was designed so that it could upgraded to allow for centre running LRT without tearing the entire road out again. I assumed the future LRT was at least part of the planning process which is GOOD planning I agree. Absolutely no reason you can't, at minimum, put grass in the middle in the meantime, especially because the LRT feels like a pipe dream at this point. Eglington has a GRASS LRT for what it's worth. So I'm glad the median was put in place, but that doesn't negate concrete being a horrible and hostile choice. |
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