02-20-2023, 11:51 AM
I’m not clear what’s going on. They voted to implement a speed limit reduction last term, but now they’re voting again? So are they voting on whether or not to cancel the policy? I suppose it hasn’t been implemented yet.
This is weird:
“Coun. Diane Freeman has said she was wrong last June to vote for a reduction to 30 km/h. She would not say Friday if she will now vote against the speed reduction.”
If she says that she was wrong to vote a particular way last year, why wouldn’t she state clearly that she won’t vote that way this year? Essentially she’s refusing to say whether she will vote the way that is, in her opinion, correct. Maybe she thinks her opinion might change again before the vote…
One thing I will say: we should not adopt a policy that would slow down only buses. Unless GRT has a policy of going the speed of traffic, then a very low limit will only slow down buses but not other traffic. This would be counterproductive. Unlike on the LRT line where choosing to limit the LRT to the surrounding speed limit is a fundamentally arbitrary choice, I don’t think we can really set different limits for transit (or maybe we can?). Note: I’m not saying limits shouldn’t be reduced, but on roads with buses whatever policy is adopted should be one that results in buses continuing to go at the speed of traffic.
This is weird:
“Coun. Diane Freeman has said she was wrong last June to vote for a reduction to 30 km/h. She would not say Friday if she will now vote against the speed reduction.”
If she says that she was wrong to vote a particular way last year, why wouldn’t she state clearly that she won’t vote that way this year? Essentially she’s refusing to say whether she will vote the way that is, in her opinion, correct. Maybe she thinks her opinion might change again before the vote…
One thing I will say: we should not adopt a policy that would slow down only buses. Unless GRT has a policy of going the speed of traffic, then a very low limit will only slow down buses but not other traffic. This would be counterproductive. Unlike on the LRT line where choosing to limit the LRT to the surrounding speed limit is a fundamentally arbitrary choice, I don’t think we can really set different limits for transit (or maybe we can?). Note: I’m not saying limits shouldn’t be reduced, but on roads with buses whatever policy is adopted should be one that results in buses continuing to go at the speed of traffic.