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Yahoo
19 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Brickbat: Road Hard
Oakland residents, fed up with dangerous late-night sideshows where cars do stunts, built their own speed bumps on East 21st Street and 19th Avenue after the city ignored four years of pleas for help. Costing $3,000, these homemade speed bumps stopped the sideshows for eight months, but the city's Department of Transportation removed them for lacking official approval, angering locals who say the city doesn't care about their safety. Previously, the city also removed tire barriers that residents set up to deter sideshows, and though officials say they're working on traffic-calming solutions, residents argue the city's slow response has allowed the dangerous stunts to return, leaving the community frustrated and unsafe. The post Brickbat: Road Hard appeared first on
CTV News
a day ago
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- CTV News
Speed cameras moving and expanding in Innisfil
The Town of Innisfil confirmed on Wednesday that they will be adding two new speed cameras and moving their current ones to new locations. Innisfil's cameras are currently stationed on King Street near Cookstown Central Public School and Innisfil Beach Road near Town Square. In a news release, the town stated that they will move to Innisfil Beach Road near Algoma Glen Elementary School and Webster Boulevard near Lake Simcoe Public School. The town also confirmed that new cameras will be added on 9th Line near Goodfellow Public School and Young Street in the Stroud Area. They are set to be activated just before the start of the upcoming school year. 'Coming Soon' signs must be placed in the new speed camera areas at least three months before activation to comply with the Highway Traffic Act. Once in use, the town says they will be changed to 'Municipal Speed Camera In Use' signs. The town explained that their automated speed enforcement (ASE) program uses a rotational model to cover locations that are identified as 'high-risk' areas that could benefit from traffic calming. ASE revenue, according to the town, will cover the program's cost and the maintenance of other traffic initiatives that make their roads safer.
BBC News
7 days ago
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- BBC News
New 20mph zone gets mixed response in Manningham area of Bradford
The latest 20mph zone to be introduced in Bradford is currently being assessed by the council to see how it is affecting drivers' well as the lower speed restriction covering Manningham and Heaton, speed humps and temporary road closures are in place to improve road speed restrictions and traffic-calming measures are already in place in the city centre, Shipley, Ilkley and BBC asked residents and business owners what impact they have had in the latest areas to join the safety scheme. Hamza Shakoor, who owns Shakoor & Sons Butchers on Emm Lane in Heaton, said he was "indifferent" about the scheme at first, "but it is a good thing".He said: "This is a long stretch of road, and it's a main road, so cars normally come up flying at high speeds."It's better because they have to slow down for the speed bumps." Mr Shakoor praised the installation of a pedestrian crossing with push-button traffic lights near a local he criticised the use of concrete planters to temporarily block off one entry lane to North Park Road as it caused "more congestion" on the main Emm Lane. Lisa Robertshaw, who runs the nearby Village Bakery, was sceptical of the impact of the new said: "I don't think it's particularly made any difference at all. "I mean if you see the cars speeding up and down here, if you watch them... none of them do it (20mph)."She said she was in favour of the new limit but wanted more Robersthaw said the speed restriction signs were too small and many drivers were unaware of the new limit. Stephen Todd, caretaker at St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, has lived in the area all his said: "I would say a bigger issue, for example, is the parking zones that they have."Maybe not so much outside shops, but elsewhere where there are no shops and they're parking so it narrows the road which does make it more dangerous."He said he did not see the need to reduce the old 30mph speed Kalhousova and her son Samuel Kalhous live on a street that has temporary concrete planters placed at one said: "We feel it is blocking the road for families like us living on the street."Every time we go to school, which is nearby, we have to take a diversion onto the main road to get there."I think it's alright if the speed limit is reduced. I think there should be speed bumps but I don't think there should be blocked-off roads." Alex Ross-Shaw, executive member for regeneration, planning and transport at Bradford Council, said: "We're committed to making our neighbourhoods safer, healthier and more accessible for everyone."The new 20mph zone in Manningham is a key part of that vision and has been shaped by local input throughout."He thanked everyone who took part in the council's consultation and those who "supported the scheme".The findings of the review will be presented to councillors at a later date. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
CBC
28-05-2025
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Longueuil to lower speed limit on all residential streets, take new approach to safety
The city of Longueuil, on Montreal's South Shore, is reducing the speed limit on all residential streets to 30 km/h starting in January of next year. It is also putting in place new traffic calming measures across the city. The changes are part of an overall effort to get drivers to slow down, city officials said Tuesday. "This is where people go for a walk, go for a picnic, hang out with their neighbours. Kids play in the street. So we want to make people safer," said Jonathan Tabarah, a Longueuil city councillor. From now on, instead of responding to individual citizen requests for traffic-calming measures, the Longueuil administration will adopt a sector-based approach. The city found that in certain neighbourhoods, particularly those that are socio-economically disadvantaged, residents were making fewer requests to improve local safety. That's why a more systemic approach to neighbourhood safety is needed, said Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier. "We're shifting from a reactive model to a science-based method guided by recommendations from our teams," she said. The city cited research that found pedestrians struck by a vehicle have a 90 per cent survival rate when the vehicle is travelling at 30 km/h or less. If the vehicle is going 50 km/h, that survival rate drops to 25 per cent, said Gabrielle Manseau, a senior advisor with Montérégie public health. If the vehicle is an SUV or the pedestrian already has physical limitations, their chances of survival are even lower, he said. Sector by sector approach For this initiative, Longueuil has been divided into 15 neighbourhoods, which will be reviewed one by one to reassess safety infrastructure. Those include speed humps, speed radar signs, new traffic signs, road markings to narrow lanes, added pedestrian crossings and, in the longer term, raised intersections and permanent curb extensions. The first sector to be analyzed is Maricourt–Castle Gardens in Saint-Hubert, as it is representative — due to its school zones and types of streets — of what exists in other parts of Longueuil, the city said. Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in Vieux-Longueuil will be reviewed next. Over time, the Fournier administration plans to expand its teams so it can accelerate the pace of the safety rollout. A third measure announced Tuesday is the construction of around 100 permanent speed humps every year, starting next year. Fournier believes this more systemic approach to neighbourhood safety will lead to gains in both efficiency and cost savings, though she acknowledged it's hard to quantify. She said the city will still respond to citizen concerns and to urgent situations, like those near schools. But this new system will help the city address issues in a timely manner, rather than trying to respond to concerns one at a time. When her team took office at city hall in 2021, she said there was a backlog of about 600 citizen requests.
CTV News
27-05-2025
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- CTV News
Longueuil reducing speed limit to 30 km/h in local streets
As of 2026, motorists won't be able to drive faster than 30 kilometres per hour in Longueuil's local streets. The city on Montreal's South Shore announced the speed reduction Tuesday as part of a series of traffic calming measures to improve safety. Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier said lowering the speed limit helps to significantly reduce serious injuries. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends 30 km/h limits where traffic mixes with vulnerable road users. 'It's a practical, tried and tested and internationally recognized way of protecting the most vulnerable, especially children, the elderly and people on foot or by bike,' Fournier said. The change will be submitted to the city council for formal adoption. Other changes will be on a case-by-case basis depending on the district. These include new panels and signs, road markings and other measures to make intersections safer. School zones will also be revamped with speed radars, cycling links and improved signage. The city says it also plans to install over 100 new speed bumps throughout its territory by 2026 to ensure drivers respect the new speed limits. 'Reducing speed and traffic not only reduces collisions and injuries, it also reduces stress, noise and exposure to poor air quality,' said Gabrielle Manseau with Montérégie Public Health in a news release. 'These calmer, safer environments encourage walking and cycling, which promote a more active lifestyle, reduce the risk of chronic disease and improve mental health. By creating streets that are more user-friendly and accessible, we reinforce the feeling of safety, social cohesion and inclusion.'
