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Originally Posted by Drybrain
I live in this area, and Isleville is the main north-south pedestrian connection in the area. It's full of people, but it's also not-infrequently used as a thoroughfare for drivers bombing down the street at 40 or 50 km/hr, which is way too fast.
You can be as pissed as you want, but if this reduces the chances that my infant son (or me) will be struck and killed as we walk or bike in our own neighbourhood by someone buzzing down Isleville too fast, I'm 100 percent for it. Drivers have to maneuver around a little circle? Jesus, tough.
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Isleville st is narrow, and has a significant small business component. I am on it fairly frequently. I never see fast traffic on it. It would be nearly impossible to do so. Plus it crosses the busy Young and Duffus Sts., and essentially dead-ends at Almon. I can only see one way to accommodate this on Isleville, and that is by removing on-street parking that is used by those businesses.
Meanwhile you have a very wide stretch of Gottingen st that is totally untouched. That makes no sense. I'm sure the good burghers of Drummond Court will enjoy having their little enclave overrun with cyclists.
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