10-06-2017, 09:32 AM
(10-06-2017, 09:00 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: The no left turns one is applicable right now SammyOES. If you live at King and Victoria, you will see times where a north- or south-bound vehicle on King wants to illegally turn left. Traffic going straight (and/or pedestrians crossing) prevent them from doing so, and an entire light cycle yields only that one car being able to turn, because it is a single lane on King. I have sat and watched a few times when I've seen multiple people signaling left, and there have been people who have had to wait 3-4+ light cycles to get across Victoria, just because of people wanting to flout the traffic laws. Had all the left turners gone one of the other ways to get from King to Victoria (Wellington/Francis being main ones), they all would have gotten through faster *and* legally.
We also are about to start testing tracks, cleaning tracks, doing catenary work, and we don't want to have delays because some self-important lawbreaker wants to park on the tracks.
Pretty much every left turn restriction (except the one at Caroline) exists because there is no left turn bay and through traffic should be maintained.
The left turns should not be permitted here at any time, and people shouldn't need a sign to realize this.
The no parking on the tracks is one of those things which demonstrates that people who think they know better than the rules probably don't. After all, parts of the track are still being worked on. Just today they were painting a crosswalk on the LRT right of way (yay) at Charles and Victoria, a location which sees frequent illegal parking.