Comment 74543

By jason (registered) | Posted February 19, 2012 at 08:46:44 in reply to Comment 74540

exactly. And I had the benefit of standing 2 blocks west of Queen, where the city had recently taken a 5 lane street and narrowed it to 3, and then further narrowed the eastbound lanes to 2 approaching Bay. If such a major change could be done without causing so much as a dent in the overall traffic flow of the city, surely 7 seconds could be added to the light at Locke and York without causing mass hysteria.
They suggested 3-4 seconds instead and that's what they went with. Apparently there is an earth shattering pandemonium that takes place somewhere between 4 and 7 seconds in the world of traffic light patterns.

The real issue which was evidenced to the group of us (another citizen was there as well) was the complete lack of care for anything pedestrian related by someone who is in the top ranks of Public Works. I felt like I was in the 1970's for a few moments.

It's impressive to hear of your experience in a huge, busy city like Paris. Hamilton, as we know, has ample lane capacity all through the lower city. I'm sure Paris is more jammed and congested. Yet they are still willing to make the important choices necessary to be a safe, vibrant 21st Century city. Bravo.

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