Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[danbrotherston]

I had hoped that council would be bold and stick to their guns. I'm glad to see my councillor continued her support, for what it's worth.

But it's silly to make ward 7 have its own special limit.

Indeed. Even outside of road safety, it's pretty problematic...it sets a precedent for setting different policies for different wards based on the political inclinations of the councillors there, that's not something that should ever happen.

I suspect it's even more problematic if you look at the relative wealth of people in Ward 7 vs. other wards, vs. where people from Ward 7 drive vs. others. Probably you're going to see that wealthy people are allowed to speed through poorer neighbourhoods. Not as a rule, but on average, I'm betting that's how it works out.

Doubly offensive given the most dangerous ward for pedestrians is the University district.