Camillien-Houde: road calming to partly end
The road calming measures on the Camillien-Houde will be partly removed Tuesday, taking away the traffic light section at the top, but leaving some of the other items till the end of October.
While I understand the Projet intention to make that road safer, the unfortunate result has been confusion. Which isn’t to say I know what should be done, short of borrowing a time machine, going back to 1957, and stopping the city from building a road across the mountain and so giving generations of drivers the idea that it’s their right to do so.
Ian 18:02 on 2019-09-02 Permalink
Just offhand I’d venture that even those few ideas suggested on this very blog such as turnpikes, stops signs, and enforcing speed limits would have succeeded much better than either approach we have seen over the last 2 summers.
ant6n 18:37 on 2019-09-02 Permalink
I feel it’s time to plug my Mount Royal ski hill idea again:
http://www.cat-bus.com/2017/10/mont-royal-ski/
Ephraim 19:46 on 2019-09-02 Permalink
A sidewalk, a protected bike path and a row narrowing with a partial turn, would do the job. And single lane with a non-dividing median. People would have no choice but to slow for a narrowed (one lane) partial turn, you couldn’t do it at high speeds. Even a 90 degree turn would be very effective, since you can’t do it without slowing significantly.