[H4F33Z]

Ahh that’s interesting. From what I can tell, most councillors just go straight to council and submit member motions to axe planned sidewalks while all the councillors are distracted and blindly vote yes. It seems Burnside took the official method through IEC first but it gave some time for the councillors to process the motion as well as the submissions so the damage was reduced. We need to figure out a way to stop getting these sidewalks cancelled because the damage is irreversible.

 

[Northern Light]

Ahh that’s interesting. From what I can tell, most councillors just go straight to council and submit member motions to axe planned sidewalks while all the councillors are distracted and blindly vote yes. It seems Burnside took the official method through IEC first but it gave some time for the councillors to process the motion as well as the submissions so the damage was reduced. We need to figure out a way to stop getting these sidewalks cancelled because the damage is irreversible.

Not irreversible; but significant, if it pushed sidewalks out to a future reconstruction - a 60 year delay.

The could be added in the interim, but there are added costs.

To be clear, we completely agree that the current nonsense of councillors ambushing staff plans at the last minute is not acceptable. I just want to be a smidge less fatalistic.

 

[ADRM]

Interesting how they're incapable of finding out who is doing this.

I might suggest:

 

[crs1026]

^The Tinder situation is interesting because there are three low-rise apartment buildings tucked onto an otherwise isolated residential street. The resulting pedestrian and vehicular volume arguably pushes it out of the "local backstreet" street typology.

Debate on these disputes need to be more data driven, and framed according to the exceptions that are allowed under the original Council decision of 2019.

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[reaperexpress]

If they don't want to install sidewalks, that's fine, but it means that they need to design the road such that cars can't go more than about 10 km/h

Note the traffic calming rocks:

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Yeah, if the vandals want to make Parkside ungovernable with cameras, do it right once and for all. Give the people what they want. They don't want cameras, give them road redesign.

Legislate for GPS speed delimiters for all non-emergency motor vehicles.

A speed limiter is a governor used to limit the top speed of a vehicle. For some classes of vehicles and in some jurisdictions they are a statutory requirement. Such as Ethiopia, Kenya.

When the GPS tracker detects that the driving speed reaches the speed limit set, the GPS tracker will output a signal to activate the speed limiter. At this time, the system will force the speed limit, and the accelerator pedal will automatically adjust and cannot refuel. When the speed drops below the speed limit, the speed limit is lifted at this time.

 

[Milaisacat]

How could they realistically? Someone dresses up in black hoodie and ski mask and gloves (not that they would even check their fingerprints), appears from the trees in High Park at 3 AM, cuts the camera, and disappears into the trees. Even if caught on camera there's no way to identify them.

Really unless there's a police officer there 24/7, there's no way they're going to catch the culprit.

The only solution is to redesign the speed camera so it sits high up on a hydro pole.

If a crime being challenging to solve due to the perpetrator taking steps to conceal their identity is the threshold for the police not bothering to investigate at all, then so many crimes are functionally legal.

 

[lenaitch]

If a crime being challenging to solve due to the perpetrator taking steps to conceal their identity is the threshold for the police not bothering to investigate at all, then so many crimes are functionally legal.

Who is saying they are not bothering to investigate?

 

[txlseries4]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/survey-finds-ontarians-support-speed-cameras-1.7592325

"A Canadian Automobile Association South Central Ontario survey, conducted by market researcher DIG Insights and released Wednesday, finds 73 per cent of respondents support automated speed enforcement.

The survey, which was conducted from March 7 to 19 and surveyed 1,500 Ontario drivers 18 or older, also found 76 per cent of respondents believe cameras deter speeding."

 

[Mihairokov]

First time seeing a traffic officer at Jarvis & Richmond today, which is surely one of the more brave places to stand in the middle of lanes.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

On a "lighter" note:

‘Ma, you have to come pick me up’: York police release footage of Ferrari stunt driver being towed

York Regional Police have charged a Ferrari driver who was caught allegedly travelling at nearly two times the speed limit and claimed he was on his way to his own birthday party.

www.cp24.com

30 day slap on the wrist. How about a license suspension till 25?

AoD

 

[PL1]

On a "lighter" note:

‘Ma, you have to come pick me up’: York police release footage of Ferrari stunt driver being towed

York Regional Police have charged a Ferrari driver who was caught allegedly travelling at nearly two times the speed limit and claimed he was on his way to his own birthday party.

www.cp24.com

30 day slap on the wrist. How about a license suspension till 25?

AoD

I support roadside crushing of these cars... And the offender has to press the button

 

[txlseries4]

Saw these ads from Vision Zero online a few weeks ago but forgot to post them. Nice to see some efforts to humanize people on two wheels

 

[txlseries4]

Vision Zero also has an education campaign called "Rules for Rideables" that just started about bike lane rules and etiquette.
Link for more info here: https://www.toronto.ca/services-pay...ro/educational-campaigns/rules-for-rideables/

Campaign posters:

 

[Admiral Beez]

I support roadside crushing of these cars... And the offender has to press the button

I think roadside property forfeiture is better. The Ferrari isn't the offender, and its value at auction would return some cash to the city.