General Road and Highway Discussion

[clasher]

50 is the correct speed limit, 40 is not used anywhere else in similar conditions.

The fact is however, that this street is one of the best examples of corruption in the city.  The homeowners don't want other people using *their* road, the bike lanes are continually filled with vehicles, and yet little to nothing is ever done about it, and the only conceivable reason is the wealth of the residents on the street.  

Quite frankly, I can no longer use the road for biking.

LOL, how do you ride anywhere else in this city? Glasgow is still a decent road for riding, especially between Westmount and F-H, even with the stupid curbed portion of the bike lanes it's rarely too busy.

I too think the word corruption is a bit dramatic, it's not like those people gave the mayor a briefcase full of cash to get their way... and there are other places in city where they've put weird traffic humps, and "normal" traffic humps. Sydney street has them, I just rode along Doon South and there are some funny split humps along that road... could have been Robert Ferrie, they aren't on the most recent streetview. CoK Traffic Calming page has all kinds of stuff from the studies and whatnot. It doesn't appear to be completely based on greasing the squeakiest wheel.

Also, unrelated to traffic calming, if you're riding in the southwest of Kitchener, Plains Road is no longer passable between Huron and F-H, they're developing that farmland into subdivisions so there is no road anymore. Google maps told me it was open when I planned my route... it also thinks that the stairs at the end of Durham street are rideable on a bike.