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Originally Posted by Fuzz
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...down-1.4810599
This is where the city loses me...If you want people to drive 30, make the speed limit 30, and if that doesn't work, shift to traffic calming. Don't keep the speed limit 50 but engineer the road for 30.
It's like this farce on 10th st. where the dog park hullabaloo happened a few years ago. Someone must have said people were driving to fast after they took the dog fence down on one side, then made the area across the street with no fence the off leash area, which zero people ever use becuase it is a steep hill. Anyway....dog dumbness aside, do they drop the speed limit? No they put speed bumps in on a 50km/h road that require you to slow to 30. So what does the city want out of people? Them to drive 50, or 30? Pick one.
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I disagree here, leaving the speed limit at 50 everywhere and using traffic calming devices to reduce speed in certain areas is the correct approach. People shouldn't need to be checking signs for speed limits on a residential road, they should drive at a speed that feels safe. People are going to drive at a speed they feel comfortable with so add trees and boulevards to reduce speeds in these areas make sense.
For 95% of people a well designed road does not need a speed limit. You will drive at a safe speed for the road. I'm sure if you look at high accident areas you will find road design issues where the design does not match the current function.
That said speed bumps are the worst of traffic calming devices. Just alternate yield directions or add a few 4-way stops instead and you will accomplish the same thing.