How often/much does the city look at "best practices" from other cities? I'm sure (I hope!) this is done to a certain extent, but learning from successes (and failures) of other cities has to be vital to future development.
I'm just back from a 4 day stint in Seattle and was so impressed of the biking trails and lanes and how bikers and drivers seem to have the utmost respect for each other.
As well, yet another city featuring double and triple "decker" highways to help alleviate traffic congestion.
Guess I'm always disappointed with the reactionary approach to things rather than being proactive.
(Highway 8 specifically comes to mind (read Ric McIvor's comments on traffic and safety issues), but that's more of a provincial issue.)
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