Toronto’s speed camera program is under renewed scrutiny as vandalism and political backlash mount, but road safety experts say the evidence is clear: automated speed enforcement works.
We need to readdress the planning and design landscape as a whole. Its very resistant to change because these have been the standards for years and planners arent brave enough to try something new, or they don’t get approval when they do want to challange the status quo. We have to start trying new solutions because the current standards arent only unsafe, they are unsustainable from both an economic and environmental point.
Absolutely. It also makes sense to wait for the 20 or 45 year mill and resurface or utility repair so that you aren’t tearing up a road for nothing*.
That said, you can also narrow a road with paint in 1-2 years by adjayting existing lines for zero new dollars.
Were also still building NEW roads with standards we know are unsafe. It costs 0 dollars on a new road.
*by nothing I mean finacial costs, not the human life and limb costs.
We need to readdress the planning and design landscape as a whole. Its very resistant to change because these have been the standards for years and planners arent brave enough to try something new, or they don’t get approval when they do want to challange the status quo. We have to start trying new solutions because the current standards arent only unsafe, they are unsustainable from both an economic and environmental point.
We don’t even need to do new; lots of the world has proven and new trials on safe streets ongoing.
Yea but those solutions won’t work here because north america is too big /s