Maybe stay current, the policy has already been successfully implemented in major European cities, New York and areas of Seattle. In Vancouver, the idea is to first implement the speed changes to areas and neighbourhoods which experience high frequency commuter cut through traffic which brings high volumes of car traffic on to low volume designed streets. Most intersections in residential neighborhoods remain unchanged from their original design except that Vancouver abandoned uncontrolled intersections in the 1990s. The concrete sidewalk outside my house is stamped 1906, do you think in 1906 hundreds of cars commuting to the suburbs were cutting off of the congested arterials onto side streets - this wasn't even happening in the 1990s.
60% of traffic related fatalities are pedestrians and cyclists in Vancouver. This is a problem.
the study was from the UK, it hasn't made a difference there, they have lowered the speed limits, it didn't make a difference
just like in Edm, they just released stats from 2006 to today
"claim" significant reductions, bullshit
they're own stats over those years, yes down now, trending down last couple yrs
but if you look at them, they fluctuate
and aren't "significant"
or do you think the difference between 25 and 19 is "significant"
the biggest difference cities here have made, dedicated left turn signals
because most collisions/accidents aren't from SPEED in a city, they are from rear ends, left turns
SPEED ISN'T THE PROBLEM
50 kmh is slow enough
have you tried to drive 30? à
sure that is fast, if you are driving a tractor
it's nothing more than ANAL RETENTIVE EMOTIONAL BULLSHIT FROM A MINORITY OF CONTROL FREAKS
VISION ZERO, says it all, it ain't going to happen
and it wouldn't have in 1900 or in 2060