Comment 77125

By jason (registered) | Posted May 19, 2012 at 09:21:15

Both of these are much better ideas than a blind ideological move to two way just for the sake of it.

I'm not aware of anyone suggesting this just 'for the sake of it'. Every expert who has come to Hamilton in the past 20 years has said the same thing. Our city simply doesn't need them. We did when we were trying to get tens of thousands of workers to the north end, but those days are long gone. It would be foolish for anyone to suggest changing our transportation pattern 'just for the sake of it'. The benefits of two-way streets have clearly been identified, especially in a mid-size city like ours. We aren't Montreal, NY or Toronto. Drivers should be clamouring more than anyone for two-way conversions...now they can go either way on every street the way they do in their own neighbourhoods, and in every other city they visit. No more looping through quiet residential streets between King and Main, which is a HUGE problem. Check out the speeds that people drive while cutting through Strathcona between King and Main, or Pearl, or Balsaam etc.... those residents shouldn't have to put up with hundreds of short-cutting speeders everyday who need to go the opposite direction. Drivers should be excited to go left or right on King and Main, and save time on their trip avoiding side streets and turn-arounds. Along with the above mentioned measures of curb side parking, trees, wider sidewalks etc... Hamilton's lower city would benefit tremendously from these changes with easier traffic flow and a safer pedestrian environment.

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