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Obvious locations should be at bus stops. Maybe adding a few corner stores in the process.
Good luck changing the yellowbelt designation along this major "avenue".
Obvious locations should be at bus stops. Maybe adding a few corner stores in the process.
yup. Too often councillors these days view "road safety" as "slow down travel as much as possible". Which is honestly ridiculous as it's already insanely slow to get around Toronto in general, regardless of form of transportation you choose.
Road safety is about separating incompatible uses, and slowing them down where they cannot be separated. In Toronto we have a fascination with every road needing to be a 'complete street'. Toronto also serious screwed up by not keeping any proper arterials. You need to have very low or no access off an arterial. It should not have on-street bike lanes and retail fronting it. You should put retail on low speed streets that are transit oriented, pedestrian and cyclist friendly. The outer suburbs did a somewhat better job of having roads that are roads (still too much access off them) that are effective at moving you quickly between places. Where they failed is creating a separate network of active transportation oriented streets that make effective urban places. I die inside every time I see some cockamamie rendering with a street cafe facing onto 10 lane arterial intersection in Brampton. Street cafes are a great idea, but they should be on non-arterial streets (not roads) that are max 3 lanes of vehicular traffic with sidewalks and bike lanes.yup. Too often councillors these days view "road safety" as "slow down travel as much as possible". Which is honestly ridiculous as it's already insanely slow to get around Toronto in general, regardless of form of transportation you choose.
Couldn't have said it better myself.Road safety is about separating incompatible uses, and slowing them down where they cannot be separated. In Toronto we have a fascination with every road needing to be a 'complete street'. Toronto also serious screwed up by not keeping any proper arterials. You need to have very low or no access off an arterial. It should not have on-street bike lanes and retail fronting it. You should put retail on low speed streets that are transit oriented, pedestrian and cyclist friendly. The outer suburbs did a somewhat better job of having roads that are roads (still too much access off them) that are effective at moving you quickly between places. Where they failed is creating a separate network of active transportation oriented streets that make effective urban places. I die inside every time I see some cockamamie rendering with a street cafe facing onto 10 lane arterial intersection in Brampton. Street cafes are a great idea, but they should be on non-arterial streets (not roads) that are max 3 lanes of vehicular traffic with sidewalks and bike lanes.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. It is basically standard practice for Councillors to make stupid transport planning decisions against the recommendation of staff. And it's not just traffic signals, it's also stop signs, bus stops, streetcar stops, etc.That's insanity. Anyone worked up enough to write an email to the Councillors? Might draft something later..
Thanks!Excellent video explaining differences in approach to signal timings in North America and NL.