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Community Safety In Burlington, Ontario
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A detailed proposal for a new cycling artery.
I have been in discussions with a local cycling activist and he has been working on quite a detailed proposal to make cycling a viable way to transit the city without impeding traffic flow on our major arteries. Thanks very much to resident and local cycling advocate Joshua Boniface who has submitted this proposal. I have to hand it to him; at first our relationship was adversarial because we disagreed on certain aspects of cycling infrastructure. But it turns out that even though we were looking at the problem from different angles we were of a similar mind on how to improve it. Joshua has put a lot more thought into it than I have and I would like to share his work with everyone. Please leave comments or criticisms below and be respectful. You won't be banned if you behave badly, but your terrible behavior will remain as a…
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June Meeting
I am planning on hosting a community meeting where we really dig in and come up with a plan to tackle the Escooter/Ebike issues affecting Burlington neighborhoods. There was another incident this week in Alton Village with a collision between a motor vehicle and an escooter. Luckily nobody was killed, but that doesn't mean there weren't any injuries. The worst part is that this is so common now that cases are falling through the cracks. It is getting reported on less and less. Our council is in election mode, so don't expect them to tackle any new issues. But I cannot wait until October. We have a whole summer coming up and these incidents will only get worse. We MUST find a way to bring accountability to the riders of these devices one way or another. Please leave a comment if you'd be interested in attending
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Maf
Jun 04
I've heard a lot about this issue through the common neighborhood watch and other channels. It seems like a complicated one, but Hamilton has tried to solve it through several more bike lanes - though I am unsure how effective this has been.
From Burlington's Transport Manager Chris King
I asked Chris about two major things. One was a concern brought to me by a resident that was worried about traffic calming measures interfering with emergency response. Another was whether or not we can repurpose the cameras from our automated speed enforcement program.
Good Morning Rowen.
Apologies for the delayed response and it was great meeting you as well.
Impacts to emergency services are well understood within the traffic engineering field, and we work closely with Fire, EMS, and Police to, as best as possible, mitigate potential effects.
Traffic calming measures are generally not installed on priority emergency response routes, such as roads in close proximity to emergency service stations or those identified as key response corridors. There are also limitations to where traffic calming can be applied based on the road type (i.e. we would not install speed cushions on an arterial road, or a road with a…
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Before even contemplating such $$$massive projects, there must be a proper economic impact study. Let’s not kid ourselves, this is a silver-plated bike trail. Other than some cyclists, who else needs this huge investment? A few kids walking to school who already pay little or nothing for a great bus service? Folks walking to the Centre for a visit? No shopping though. How will you carry the stuff home? It’s a bike trail.
And use whatever names you want, these “boxes” are tunnels - 4 tunnels. Even with lights and cameras, if they work, much of this route is through practically deserted industrial / commercial areas poorly accessible to emergrncy services, and NOBODY is going to use these except in bright mid-day, and then only if there’s sufficient traffic. Bikes might do so, but only because they’re faster through the risky parts.
SURELY we have smarter places to spend 22 Burlington + 4 Halton + 22 Provincial + 42 Federal dollars? If I read the 2025 Capital Budget for Burlington (about $105 million) and this project direct cost to Burlington taxpayers of $22 million, then this feel-good, poorly-examined project will cost ONE FIFTH of one years total Capital Budget of Burlington. Please explain where I am mistaken in calling this a boondoggle of the first order. Use REAL data and properly executed studies, no emotionality lease. It’s our money.
As an aside, refrence might be made to the work Toronto is doing on a new ped / cyclo bridge on Dowling Street, crossing both the Gardiner and the rail lines. Would not a bridge, with lateral downramps where desired, serve the actual purpose adequately, while minimzing safety, drainage and other issues? There are large amounts of space on either end to extend the length to minimize slope.