Urbanism+

Holyday wants to know what it would mean if signal priority gave LRTs priority over left-turning vehicles. "Have you ever played Uno?" Holyday asks. "You ever get a miss-your-turn card? Is that what this is?" Staff say left-turning cars would still get a turn, after the transit has cleared.

Speed Matters. Some thoughts about transit and speed, life, space and time. open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...

This is obviously a, ah, provocative take on the subject, but it indeed an enormous societal problem that children have stopped walking or biking to school. There are plenty of individually rational reasons parents might drive their kids to school, but, in a wider context, no good reasons.

“Claudia Zuno, who is staunchly opposed to the street upgrades, said the project felt “unnecessary” and that cyclists should avoid the area due to its heavy truck presence.” This really captures the opposition to pedestrian upgrades & bike lanes. Drivers feel bikers do not belong on Archer Ave.

How good would this be? 😍 “Town Belt proposal: Car-free area to be considered. Under the proposal sections of Queens Dr and Braid Rd would be closed to through traffic for three months from January while a shared pathway connecting Roslyn, Mornington and City Rise is tested.”