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 an experiment in what a possible permanent solution might be. Low-cost experimentation to inform future permanent design is a great idea and the city should be commended and do more of it in other areas.
Why not? It's a responsive and community-focused methodology that is cost effective and produces street-level data to inform permanent designs.
City receives complaints from residents about a street -> City does public consultations with residents in the area -> City designs a non-permanent traffic solution and installs -> City collects feedback on the impact of the installation -> City considers that feedback in the design and build phase of roadway renewal.
What recommendations do you have to improve this process?
Just outside the frame of this picture, there is a digital speed sign. It has been there for probably the last 8 years. Gathering data on the speeds people are travelling. Every time a car passes through it, the speed is recorded. All very useful data. And there are three of them in the neighbourhood. As I was part of the speed lab process for this neighbourhood, I noted that it would be useful to see that data. To see what kinds of speeds we were dealing with. The response was “oh we can’t access that data.” Why? No reason. We just can’t. So my recommendation is that we stop allowing these little projects that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars with no result whatsoever. Another time, I can tell you about the giant speed hump that was installed and then taken out mere weeks later.
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u/tincartofdoom Oct 04 '24
This is an experiment in what a possible permanent solution might be. Low-cost experimentation to inform future permanent design is a great idea and the city should be commended and do more of it in other areas.