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Originally Posted by Keith P.
For the first time in my memory we are seeing severe criticism of these things...which is a positive sign at last.
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As a purely practical note on that topic, the Austinization of Joffre Street has now, without exaggeration, actually made it a street to avoid with the recent addition of five massive speed bumps to the existing five curb extensions.
Undoubtedly some will think that this is just entitled whining, but I definitely choose an alternative route now whenever I can and on the weekend I was at a gathering at which I heard from many in the area who do the same.
The goal of these "traffic calming" devices is, ostensibly, to make the street safer. I can only say, based on many decades of living in the area, that Joffre was not an inherently unsafe street to begin with. It's true that it is a natural connector route, and well-used, but it was never the hazardous freeway that council apparently was persuaded it was. Just ask the residents. So now, instead of solving that illusory problem, they instead are discouraging locals from even using the street to get to and from their homes.
It's just loony. And expensively so.