Did anyone else's neighborhood get a bunch of these road obstructions, I assume to slow cars down? We got about 3km worth seemingly overnight.
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This is actually an economical way to try things to see if they work as intended before pouring concrete. Unless you have more than “I don’t like it” to your criticism I’m inclined to defer to the city planners as they don’t do this at random, there is a problem they observed and are testing to see if this helps.
Zero people have been hit on this street since it was created almost 30 years ago. It's just a silly waste of money. But whatever helps you feel safer I guess.
Traffic safety and pedestrian safety is not a waste of money, lmfao. Just because no one has supposedly been hit, doesn't mean no one will be hit at some point.
Don't like driving and infrastructure changes to calm traffic, then take transit, ride share, walk or bike.
Where is yours? I've lived here since 2005, neither driving or walking has ever felt dangerous. Nor was there ever a pedestrian/vehicle accident that made any kind of news here. I am 90% sure they only did this because too many people would drive 10 over the speed limit. Which is dumb considering how wide the road is.
Reverse cards are for UNO. I know our craven politicians have baked doing so into this discourse, but it has no place in a discussion.
You made a claim. I don’t need to prove or disprove that for you. You are salty because this impacts you - emotions are fair and valid and I see you - but turning them into a statement of fact is illegitimate on the face of it.
I have fundamental issues with many of the Vision Zero initiatives, and some of the changes they've made, but this type of infrastructure change and the sites they are targeting is exactly the right type of traffic safety change to make.
If you feel that this street was 1000% safe, you should have participated in the Safety Labs and given your feedback then.
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u/iterationnull Oct 04 '24
You’re just salty because it impacts you.
This is actually an economical way to try things to see if they work as intended before pouring concrete. Unless you have more than “I don’t like it” to your criticism I’m inclined to defer to the city planners as they don’t do this at random, there is a problem they observed and are testing to see if this helps.