Raise the Hammer

fantastic video and so much of what is wrong here is highlighted in that clip.

Speed limit of 30k on ALL residential streets. Here, city hall fought the north end plan for 30k and then called it a 'pilot project' (not sure what we're piloting as the last city in the country to use 30k limits) just so they could avoid doing this in other neighbourhoods for 5 years. I love the city of Hamilton signs leading to the north end now - a safe family, child friendly neighbourhood. They forgot the rest of the sign that says "and we'll fight like heck to make sure it's the only one".

protected lanes - again, we drop the ball continually - new lanes into Westdale are lousy, Queensdale is lousy etc.... City Hall has been trying to sound good lately, but I always watch for real work on the ground and the day to day operations. From this view, nothing has changed. I was just in TO and they are ripping up Queens Quay and when it's all rebuilt they will only leave HALF of the roadway for cars. 3 total lanes. The rest will be streetcars, protected cycle track and huge pedestrian promenade. And that's a major thoroughfare right off the Gardiner.

Heck, Port Dover has a protected bike lane. I've been on vacation this week and every GTA city/suburb and Southern Ontario small town and farming community has zebra crossings at intersections. And we're celebrating like it's opening day of an LRT system because our city is finally (begrudgingly) painting some.

Small towns and big cities are revitalizing old neighbourhoods and downtowns by calming traffic, adding parking, trees, bike lanes, wider sidewalks, and we still have King, Cannon and Main roaring by like 1950's freeways.
Even Toronto is improving streets that were already a zillion times better than all of ours - Roncesvalles etc.... - to make them EVEN better!

I've been digging around online and I can't find a city anywhere that is still clinging to 5-lane, one way freeways like grim death. If society ever returns to car-centred, dead-retail zones, boarded up storefronts and dangerous places to raise kids and live generally, we'll be the cats meow.....