Comments on: Traffic Calming Devices

By: Budget update: Traffic Calming Policy Development | Zeeshan Hamid's Urban Village Blog

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:25:04 +0000

[...] Monday night the Council voted (not unanimously, unfortunately) to develop a Traffic Calming Policy. It’s desperately needed and is a huge win for people living near new collector [...]

By: Council Meeting Last Night | Zeeshan Hamid's Urban Village Blog

Council Meeting Last Night | Zeeshan Hamid's Urban Village Blog — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:04:11 +0000

[...] was a marathon session that went past 11pm. Bernadette Mason did an excellent presentation on traffic calming devices that I‘ve been talking about for years. You can see it [...]

By: Zeeshan Hamid

Zeeshan Hamid — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:36:54 +0000

@Gus,
Well, a 7 year old boy was hit on Scott and a little girl was hit by a car on Yates. She broke her arm in two places!

Milton does not have a traffic calming policy. If an intersection has 200 pedestrian traffic then the Town will installed a crosswalk, otherwise there’s no “in between”. I am trying hard to change that (for no other reason than I have three children of my own and I now go to a village square far from my house to avoid crossing Scott with my kids).

Zeeshan Hamid

By: Gus

Gus — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:17:51 +0000

I sent an email to the town of Milton voicing my concern over speeding and traffic on Scott and Wise Crossing (telling them how difficult it is to cross Scott with all the traffic and cars speeding turning from Derry) and also my concerns about the increase of traffic that we will see after the No Frills and bank are finished and they replied saying that as of now there’re no problems and that they will review it in the future if necessary. That there were tests done and that the traffic doesn’t create any kind of threat. This people don’t care because they don’t live on Scott… From my balcony I see people going over 60 km/h every single day… something needs to be done or maybe they’re waiting for an deadly accident to realize how bad it is…

Gus

By: Young girl injured by speeding car on Yates | Rick Di Lorenzo

Young girl injured by speeding car on Yates | Rick Di Lorenzo — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:34:33 +0000

[...] Zeeshan Hamid – Ward 8 – Traffic Calming Devices Jennifer Smith – Ward 2 – Where is Milton’s Traffic Calming Policy? Mike Cluett – Ward 6 – Talked about Traffic Calming Zones [...]

By: More bike lanes could calm traffic, says councillor | Zeeshan Hamid

More bike lanes could calm traffic, says councillor | Zeeshan Hamid — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:53:55 +0000

[...] am glad to see that the issue of traffic calming is getting some attention. Unlike some other municipalities, Milton does not have a traffic calming [...]

By: Milton’s Traffic Calming Policy (or lack thereof) | Zeeshan Hamid

Milton’s Traffic Calming Policy (or lack thereof) | Zeeshan Hamid — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:02:24 +0000

[...] Smith, ward 2 candidate, just did a great post on her blog on Milton’s missing Traffic Calming policy. She compared it to Caledon that has a written traffic calming manual (what a [...]

By: Urban Streets and Parking Lots | Zeeshan Hamid

Urban Streets and Parking Lots | Zeeshan Hamid — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:21:44 +0000

[...] landscaped median. Another benefit is that it creates a perception of narrowness and acts as traffic calming. Bike lanes are off road, for cyclists’ [...]

By: My Biggest Pet-peeve in Milton | Zeeshan Hamid

My Biggest Pet-peeve in Milton | Zeeshan Hamid — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:31:14 +0000

[...] have been asking for traffic calming devices and signalled crosswalks near schools and parks. Recently a 7 year old boy was hit by [...]

By: Jennifer Smith

Jennifer Smith — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:15:44 +0000

I remember when I was fighting the Town’s plan to get rid of the 40k school zone on Commercial St., I did a bit of research into traffic calming measures. Commercial isn’t quite as wide as Scott, but it’s still used as a by-pass speedway, and we get more than our share of speeders smashing into cars pulling out of driveways and even into parked cars (the blind hill doesn’t help either).

As I recall from my research, the one traffic calming measure that had been found to be the most effective was the ‘bump-outs’ between street parking areas, as in your third photo.

Has anyone asked Town staff to do a speeding study on Scott or Savoline yet?