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Originally Posted by DoubleK
Nobody needs to be going 50kph on a cul-de-sac.
You don't need statistics to tell you that.
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An nobody does 50 in a cul-de-sac. Speeds limits are virtually meaningless on a 200m long road, people could not get up to speed if they wanted to, and the roads cannot be monitored, even if the police wanted to. We are really talking about is the community named Ways & Blvds (or in older communities the numbered streets & aves).
If this was really about pedestrian safety before looking at residential speed limits they would;
1) paint more cross walk lines
2) put in more pedestrian controlled signals
3) improve medians in a way that would discourage jaywalking
4) allocate a greater portion of traffic enforcement resources to illegal turns or ignoring traffic signals (ex. running yellows, ignoring no right on red signs). ostensibly reducing enforcement of speed limits on roads like Stoney and Deerfoot where they are at best randomly taxing people while obstructing the typical flow of traffic, but that would just be a side benefit.