Winnipeg | Perimeter Highway

[Bdog]

Originally Posted by steveosnyder

I agree -- it is the person who is responsible for their choices, but the environment plays a major role in their choices. If this wasn't the case then those same people who get in accidents because of their bad choices would get in accidents all over the street network. But that's not the case, we have specific places that more accidents occur. Because those places are the poorly designed areas, the ones that we should and need to work on.

We will never eliminate all traffic accidents through design. All in all, environment isn't responsible for choices, but it does affect outcome. Build safe streets and we get less accidents, no matter the stupidity of our driving population.

Weren't you arguing a while back against "better designed" roadways, saying that a City of Winnipeg rail grade separation should have narrower lanes, steeper grades, and no accel-decel lanes because it was a waste of money and space?