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RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - danbrotherston - 10-18-2022
Yeah. I could have sworn I encountered it on a brand new road, but for the life of me, I cannot find it now.
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - danbrotherston - 10-22-2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/waterloo/comments/ya6wtb/waterloo_regions_local_transportation_study/
Well the anti-road safety gnomes are out on reddit in force.
I don't know how we make progress in our world. If the physical reality of speed causing collisions and injuries is so threatening to one's world view that you cannot even admit it...how do we solve that..I really don't know.
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - jwilliamson - 10-22-2022
I saw a Shannon Weber video on Facebook where she said she wanted to open the residential speed limits issue again. I hadn't investigated the mayoral candidates' positions, but that made it easy to decide.
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - danbrotherston - 10-22-2022
(10-22-2022, 09:32 AM)jwilliamson Wrote: I saw a Shannon Weber video on Facebook where she said she wanted to open the residential speed limits issue again. I hadn't investigated the mayoral candidates' positions, but that made it easy to decide.
Yeah, I'm not surprised. I think the thing that really bugs me is the people who are claiming this was against what people wanted...they (including certain Record reporters) are knowingly misleading people.
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - danbrotherston - 12-15-2022
Another cyclist run over on Weber St. at Marshall.
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/cyclist-airlifted-after-crash-in-waterloo-1.6194122
I'm just so tired of this...I feel like it is never going to change.
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - ac3r - 12-18-2022
Just a random quote and video I found that is suitable for this time of year from @fietsprofessor that does a great job at illustrating how much road space is a complete waste.
Quote:Every winter, fresh snow reveals how much we’ve over-designed our streets & roads for cars, making them faster & more dangerous, & how much space we could reclaim for people & public life.
![[Image: 6viIPsc.gif]](https://i.imgur.com/6viIPsc.gif)
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - jamincan - 12-19-2022
City Engineer: a 53' tractor trailer can't make those turns, so lets just scallop them back until we have the original configuration.
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - Acitta - 12-19-2022
Collisions involving cyclists and pedestrians ‘a huge problem’
‘People are driving with an increased sense of urgency and recklessness’ says lawyer Dave Shellnutt
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - danbrotherston - 12-19-2022
Dave Shellnutt is a an excellent activist. The article is on point.
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - nms - 12-20-2022
Does he have a chance of effecting any change?
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - Chris - 12-20-2022
(12-19-2022, 08:27 AM)jamincan Wrote: City Engineer: a 53' tractor trailer can't make those turns, so lets just scallop them back until we have the original configuration.
Probably a pipe dream but I'd love to see Euro sized emergency vehicles used in the region. Just one less barrier to over-building our roads. Our fire trucks are huge, trying to pass one coming from the other direction on Guelph Street when they are cruising around is not a trivial task.
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - danbrotherston - 12-20-2022
(12-20-2022, 10:38 AM)nms Wrote: Does he have a chance of effecting any change?
He has a better chance than people unwilling to even admit the problems.
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - cherrypark - 12-21-2022
(12-20-2022, 11:15 AM)Chris Wrote:(12-19-2022, 08:27 AM)jamincan Wrote: City Engineer: a 53' tractor trailer can't make those turns, so lets just scallop them back until we have the original configuration.
Probably a pipe dream but I'd love to see Euro sized emergency vehicles used in the region. Just one less barrier to over-building our roads. Our fire trucks are huge, trying to pass one coming from the other direction on Guelph Street when they are cruising around is not a trivial task.
The irony that we have those enormous Mac truck engines but then have to ensure no main road has a speed hump. I guess the Dutch and Danish houses just burn to the ground?
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - Bytor - 12-30-2022
Anybody got any pictures of Albert from Columbia to Erb to add to this reddit thread?
https://www.reddit.com/r/waterloo/comments/zygo28/albert_st_reconstruction_from_columbia_to_weber/
RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero - danbrotherston - 12-31-2022
No photos? I’m curious. I don’t remember this project.