ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[neonjoe]

Not just crossing mid-block, but doing so very carelessly, it would seem. LRTs are easy to see and easy to avoid; the level of carelessness required to be severely injured by one is sufficient that crossing at a traffic light would not be sufficient to guarantee safety. Anyway, it’s pure coincidence that the LRT was involved. The exact same person attempting the exact same crossing at a different time would have been hit by a truck on the motor vehicle lanes. All grade separation would accomplish would be to eliminate the tiny number of incidents that involve the LRT, leaving all the motor vehicle incidents unchanged. And I’m pretty sure nobody here would be in favour of grade separating our roads.

Took the words out of my mouth. That said maybe the region should lower the speed limits outside of schools. As we’ve been advocating for decades.

Hasn’t the region lowered speed limits outside of schools to 40 between 8-5 MF. At least all the schools I drive by on Westmount and Fisher Hallman have the reduced time of day speeds.