02-01-2018, 08:26 AM
(01-31-2018, 10:34 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: From Kitchener Community and Infrastructure Services Committee (page 80 - sorry can't direct link with CoK's new site).
Three traffic calming projects for 2018:
Patricia (Victoria to Highland)
McGarry (Fisher-Hallman to Westheights)
Old Chicopee (River to Ottawa)
Interesting stats page on page 83 showing 85th percentile speeds, number of crashes, AADT, etc.:
The number of streets where the 85th percentile is nearly 60 or more is ridiculous given these are largely side streets.
Some of those are shocking to me, especially given some of the segments' lengths. A driver is achieving nothing in terms of time savings speeding ten or fifteen kilometres per hour on some of the streets, at the expense of increased fuel consumption and risk, and apparently the majority of drivers are doing it.
It has to be obvious that literally nothing is consciously going through the typical motorist's mind when he's accelerating to 60 kilometres an hour turning onto (for instance) Patricia Ave from Victoria, when he'll have to stop less than 500 metres away at Highland. He's just responding to the design of the road, which broadcasts "go ahead, go as fast as you like, it's safe to do so [for you]."
It would be so easy to change. I'm glad some streets are being addressed, but it shouldn't be piecemeal like this when the problem is so clear.