Comment 35688

By rusty (registered) - website | Posted November 24, 2009 at 09:32:56

I agree with Johnny Dolbec that there are successful towns with one way streets. The key is to slow down the downtown traffic so that it is safer to walk around. However I believe we have shown enough evidence on this site to present a strong argument for two-way conversion as a useful means to achieve this slowing down, and also improve the ability to negotiate our streets. When I was a newcomer to Hamilton I drove the wrong way down one of the downtown streets. It was a rainy day, dark...easily done. A friend of mine came to see a show at Hamilton Place a while back. He drove around looking for a restaurant after the show, got lost in the one way maze, and never came back.

Going two-way makes a lot of sense on many levels. One way streets buy us nothing except more speed, which is not what we need.

Come on John! Make the call!

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