Comment 80839

By lawrence (registered) - website | Posted September 11, 2012 at 14:48:06

Great story indeed Jason. I like where you are going with this. For starters, I'd like them to imagine having to drive/walk by these roadside memorials every day. To be reminded of the street racing that these 4 lane inner-city highways welcome, and how trying to cross 4 lanes of traffic proved fatal for the young man for whom this memorial carries on for to this day. Cars rushing down King and Main sound as if someone has their windows open and their television on really loud. For real.

Rather than exmplain how this will help you driving fast through my neighbourhood because you are in too much of a rush to enjoy it's true beauty and not the roughness that stands out going 80km's an hour past my house, I want you to imagine this is the place you love and perhaps at the end of the day, is all you can afford.

We all deserve safe streets for our children.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Darken the scene and imagine a best friend carrying two haves of his bud to the other side so they wouldn't be run over further. Imagine a mother still dealing with this horrific loss to this day.

Yeah, it was street racing which I know happens on all streets but had there been two lanes to contend with, I can't help but wonder if there would have been a different end to this horrific tale. Why two lanes you ask? Because in some sections it's not necessarily about going two way as much as I imagine more so parking boulevards like on Barton between Wentworth and Victoria on either side and two lanes of traffic only - one each way even perhaps.

One way's are just a pain and I for one love James and John and Wilson and .... , all reverting back to 2-way systems.

Comment edited by lawrence on 2012-09-11 14:58:43

Ward 3 Trustee for HWDSB.

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