07-13-2023, 04:04 AM
(07-12-2023, 09:25 PM)dtkvictim Wrote:(07-12-2023, 09:11 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: How fast do you think transport trucks go there? Now explain why the LRT should be required to go more slowly than that speed.
I mean, half of his post is agreeing that he doesn't think they should be required to go slower.
And I know this discussion is mostly about the inconsistencies of engineers/planners, but it's really not useful to use transport trucks (or even personal vehicles) driving 50+km/h less than a meter away from pedestrians as a justification. It's an unacceptable arrangement.
Personally I have no issue with any speed for the train because it's on rails, and I don't step out into the street at random (those I suppose anything could happen by accident or emergency).
FWIW...I think all traffic should be moving more slowly in congested pedestrian areas.
If we want to increase speeds, we must increase separation.
(LRVs also cannot swerve, but also, LRVs cannot swerve ONTO sidewalks as drivers sometimes do).
That being said, the problem is that slowing LRVs below the speed of traffic again prioritizes driving over transit. It's harmful to pedestrians for the knockon effect of encouraging more driving.
But as far as I remember, most collisions have happened in areas where the LRVs run central...this has been surprising to me as those segments are fully controlled, every driver who has hit an LRV in this area has disobeyed a sign or a light. I don't know how to fix that...certainly if we actually enforced our traffic laws ever that would help, but given that they are now enforced, not by police, but by occasionally being run over by a train, I'm not sure how effective that would be. Probably consistency is more important than the severity of punishment though.