A little off topic, but I am starting to realize that synchronizing red lights for 40km/hour would not be sufficient to slow down traffic. Every morning I drive my car down King St and watch drivers ZOOM past me at 70-80km/h while there is a red light directly ahead. I usually go 50km/h and arrive at THE SAME RED LIGHT a few seconds after them.
My question to you guys: what can be done to lower speeding, and consequently lower noise pollution and nasty fumes?? How can we get drivers to go 50-60km/h along city streets?
My thoughts:
Unsynchronise the lights.
Have speed humps.
What's the general philosophy on automated speeding cameras?
A little off topic, but I am starting to realize that synchronizing red lights for 40km/hour would not be sufficient to slow down traffic. Every morning I drive my car down King St and watch drivers ZOOM past me at 70-80km/h while there is a red light directly ahead. I usually go 50km/h and arrive at THE SAME RED LIGHT a few seconds after them.
My question to you guys: what can be done to lower speeding, and consequently lower noise pollution and nasty fumes?? How can we get drivers to go 50-60km/h along city streets?
The number one way to reduce speed on major streets like King or Main is, enforcement!!!
I had to go to Dundas today and went on Burlington St. which also had some closed lanes due to the work being done on Ottawa St. So I got stuck in that. Then on the way back I went on Main St. It was nuts. That was mid afternoon I was coming back on Main St. It was like going to or from Toronto in a rush hour.
Yeah I took Main home from school (Mac) today, and it was backed up all the way to the hospital at aroud 4:30. They REALLY should have had signs saying there was construction ahead, because I would have taken a different route...
Yeah I took Main home from school (Mac) today, and it was backed up all the way to the hospital at aroud 4:30. They REALLY should have had signs saying there was construction ahead, because I would have taken a different route...
Lol thanks, I have been surfing around here for months but never signed up. I am a real Hamilton advocate as I know many of you are!
I usually bus down to Mac, but I have a car to drive this week so I took it today. I didn't get over into the right lane (for the 403) fast enough...so I had to take Main all the way past Dundurn . I'd say It took a good 45 minutes from Mac to Dundurn lol...
Traffic is now backed to 403, back to back traffic on the right side of 403 until around Highway 6. ECK!
Yeah, traffic was pretty much solid back to the 403/QEW/407 interchange in Burlington--thought it was an accident for sure until I heard the traffic report on CHML. Well, a few days of a slightly extended commute for a newly paved Main Street is a decent tradeoff in my mind...
Yeah I took Main home from school (Mac) today, and it was backed up all the way to the hospital at aroud 4:30. They REALLY should have had signs saying there was construction ahead, because I would have taken a different route...
FYI...signs have been up for about a month regarding this.
And no, I haven't been told....yet. lol
What's your point? For every bus that goes by, that's like 20 cars. If we took all the people in cars and put them in buses, we could do with 1 lane along King and Main thank you very much!
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. I'd say It took a good 45 minutes from Mac to Dundurn lol...
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