Comment 102736

By CharlesBall (registered) | Posted June 20, 2014 at 09:39:45 in reply to Comment 102731

The city may have wasted 5+ years or more. They wasted 40 years not building the Linc and Red Hill (but that might not have been the City's fault) That is irrelevant to the issue of creating gridlock on purpose for no good reason. If there is a better master plan, get on with it. It is not justifiable to keep the "experiment" at Dundurn an Aberdeen going where traffic, including pedestrians, all sit while nothing moves.

There were two other lights like this that I know of. One was on West Fith and one on Garth. People up there went apoplectic about them They re-arranged the road at great expense for one and eliminated the light, and the other is still there (near the Linc) continuing to drive people crazy.

It does the advocacy of Complete Streets no service by supporting poor traffic design that I think is there largely to make a point. And sadly, that includes the bus lanes on King.

Personally I think dedicated bus lanes on King are a good idea. I have been told that my support of closing King to through traffic through the downtown is a non-starter. But the current lane alignments between John and Bay are just causing traffic jams.

No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be? George Orwell

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