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[On the Level]

So the speed limit within city limits is 50km, except Victoria where it is 40km, except Victoria Victoria where it is 30km.  I know most borders but not all and if a CRD local doesn't know them, how is anyone else?

 

They should stop with the ill thought out attempts to sneak in parts of what they want.  Put up the barricades so only bike and bus lanes are accessible for a Together Victoria downtown utopia.  Everyone gets free food, free housing, free drugs and a guaranteed income.   No need to drive a car to get to work.  We can save the world by having everyone sit around knitting socks and smoke dope.   Kumbaya....

Edited by On the Level, 09 January 2021 - 09:47 AM.

[Nparker]

...We can save the world by having everyone sit around knitting socks and smoking dope.   Kumbaya....

I suspect this is chanted before every TV meeting.

[Victoria Watcher]

North Saanich driving towards joining regional speed reduction project

 

Local police have told municipality they have no plans for additional enforcement

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.vicnews....uction-project/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 February 2021 - 03:24 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Victoria adopts default 30 km/h speed limit on neighbourhood roads

 

Victoria will start by extending to a full day the 30 km/h zone around some schools and parks

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...d-roads-5923838

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 07 October 2022 - 06:07 AM.

[Nparker]

More congestion, more idling, more environmental damage. Well done CoV. 👏

[dasmo]

All part of the SDGs 🤷‍♂️ They must take action to make it more difficult for people to drive when and where they like. The thing is… the social engineering has accelerated past death by a thousand cuts to rapid chopping so people are starting to notice….
This civic election will probably be the most exciting in a long time. The next one will be even more so I believe.

[dasmo]

The next one those in opposition won’t be amateurs.

[todd]

More congestion, more idling, more environmental damage. Well done CoV. 👏

what about the life-saving part of it? Can look at it as a bit of a Darwinist, little trouble if you watch for vehicles?

[Nparker]

what about the life-saving part of it?

8 billion people on the planet. The herd could use some thinning.

[todd]

Most city councillors walk with their heads down

[LJ]

Who's going to be driving 30kmh? I know I won't be.

[Nparker]

The latest volley in the local war on cars.

[todd]

Who's going to be driving 30kmh? I know I won't be.

That’s why they make it 30, they know people are going to go 40.

[Victoria Watcher]

Berkeley could soon bar drivers from making right turns during red lights.

 

The City Council took an initial step Thursday night toward making that change, which street safety groups say can help reduce the risk of car drivers hitting pedestrians and bicyclists. Berkeley could ultimately prohibit the maneuver along streets where crashes are common, or go further and ban it at all of the 135 intersections in the city that are controlled with stoplights.

 

Allowing drivers to make right turns on red lights after coming to a stop is the default at stoplights nationwide today — but that wasn’t always the case. The practice became widespread during the gas crisis of the 1970s, when it got the OK as an effort to cut down on wasted fuel from drivers idling as they awaited a green light.

 

But several cities across the country are rethinking right on red amid a national increase in serious traffic crashes since the turns typically require drivers to pull into intersections and across sidewalks when pedestrians and bikes are crossing.

 

 

https://www.berkeley...-ban-traffic-sa

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 10 November 2022 - 03:45 AM.

[Ismo07]

 

Berkeley could soon bar drivers from making right turns during red lights.

 

The City Council took an initial step Thursday night toward making that change, which street safety groups say can help reduce the risk of car drivers hitting pedestrians and bicyclists. Berkeley could ultimately prohibit the maneuver along streets where crashes are common, or go further and ban it at all of the 135 intersections in the city that are controlled with stoplights.

 

Allowing drivers to make right turns on red lights after coming to a stop is the default at stoplights nationwide today — but that wasn’t always the case. The practice became widespread during the gas crisis of the 1970s, when it got the OK as an effort to cut down on wasted fuel from drivers idling as they awaited a green light.

 

But several cities across the country are rethinking right on red amid a national increase in serious traffic crashes since the turns typically require drivers to pull into intersections and across sidewalks when pedestrians and bikes are crossing.

 

 

https://www.berkeley...-ban-traffic-sa

 

 

It was odd in Quebec City seeing cars stopped at reds in the right hand turn lanes...

[sebberry]

Great, let's cause more idling and frustration, because frustrated drivers don't take more risks...

[todd]

Victoria adopts default 30 km/h speed limit on neighbourhood roads
 
Victoria will start by extending to a full day the 30 km/h zone around some schools and parks
 
 
 
https://www.timescol...d-roads-5923838

Shouldn’t the speed on the thread title be lowered to 30 km/h?

[Mike K.]

Things are changing too fast around here.

[LJ]

Shouldn’t the speed on the thread title be lowered to 30 km/h?

Back off would ya, we are still waiting for that improved search engine, don't get Mike sidetracked with thread title changes.

[Sparky]

I used the search engine this morning looking for existing threads about charities....

 

...I ended up here.