General Road and Highway Discussion

[ijmorlan]

Glasgow must be designated a local collector, right? It seems residential to me. A lot of drivers will have their own opinions about which streets should be designated major versus minor. I've met drivers who have told me that my street is a "main/major/arterial" street because they happen to use it to rat run through my neighbourhood, but to me it seems residential- since I live there, and every other building on the block is a residence.

To your other point, I agree completely. I think speed limits should be lowered because speeds should be lower- and to accomplish the latter, redesigns are necessary. But even minor changes require resources, so might not be able to be done overnight. We really could lower speed limits now, without squandering time and money on pilot programs.

I don’t know the actual designation of Glasgow. Allowing the only straight route across town between Victoria and Erb to be developed in that fashion is a planning blunder of such proportion as to cast doubt on the whole concept of city planning.

My point is that the limit on Glasgow under no circumstances should be less than 50, and probably should be 60, at least west of Westmount. Using it is not rat-running; it’s just using the natural route. East of Westmount I think we need to make some concession to the existing conditions (in particular, the presence of a school) even though it should be a major traffic route. West of Westmount it’s a different story — the houses are all mansions set way back from the street and there is no school.