This isn't related to Waterloo Region in any way, but Road Guy Rob released a new video a few days ago on zig-zaggy streets found in some parts of California.
These zig-zaggy roads were more or less unintentional but ended up being a good traffic calming method. Functionally, they're not too different from the large speedbumps we put on some roads in our region (particularly near school zones or areas where there are a lot of elderly people) but since they're designed for medium sized collector roads, they aim to slow traffic down without large bumps which may potentially be a superior way to slow traffic since you wouldn't have people braking for the bump, speeding up, braking for the next bump et al.
As you can see in the video they're not perfect since people can just ignore the lines, but as a comment in the video points out: all you'd need are some form of barrier such as flexiposts that can forcibly funnel people to stay in the lane, thereby slowing traffic possibly more effectively than giant speedbumps.
Are there any roads in the region you can think of that could benefit from this? Or do you think these are at all a viable traffic calming method for our local road infrastructure?
If you haven't heard of Road Guy Rob before, check his channel out! He makes really good videos on road/vehicular transportation yet doesn't even have 100'000k subscribers yet.
These zig-zaggy roads were more or less unintentional but ended up being a good traffic calming method. Functionally, they're not too different from the large speedbumps we put on some roads in our region (particularly near school zones or areas where there are a lot of elderly people) but since they're designed for medium sized collector roads, they aim to slow traffic down without large bumps which may potentially be a superior way to slow traffic since you wouldn't have people braking for the bump, speeding up, braking for the next bump et al.
As you can see in the video they're not perfect since people can just ignore the lines, but as a comment in the video points out: all you'd need are some form of barrier such as flexiposts that can forcibly funnel people to stay in the lane, thereby slowing traffic possibly more effectively than giant speedbumps.
Are there any roads in the region you can think of that could benefit from this? Or do you think these are at all a viable traffic calming method for our local road infrastructure?
If you haven't heard of Road Guy Rob before, check his channel out! He makes really good videos on road/vehicular transportation yet doesn't even have 100'000k subscribers yet.