Time for Vancouver to Tear Down Its Viaducts?

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Originally Posted by jlousa

Oh wow it gets better.

At the same meeting Council is recommending that Hastings be reduced to 30km/hr from Jackson until Abbott.
Good to see it noted in the report that although one of VPD's top goals is the reduction of traffic fatalities in the city, they are not endorsing this proposal.

Just want to clarify I'm car-free and I still think this is insane.

There is overwhelming scientific evidence that pedestrian fatalities rise dramatically in collisions with motor vehicles at speeds over 30km/h. http://www.monash.edu.au/muarc/reports/muarc276.pdf It is simply not responsible to have speeds higher than that in areas where there are pedestrians around. To suggest otherwise is arguing against the laws of physics.