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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you know there's almost no stop sign cameras west of the park? I wonder how that happens....[/quote]

There's 17 speed cameras in Ward 3. In Ward 7, there's almost 60.

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That's because it's more crowded and more people speed there.

I can tell you that there is a speed camera on the section of Eastern Avenue I live near that has made a huge difference in my family's safety when we turn out of our neighborhood onto Eastern Avenue.  Additionally, it's possible to cross the street out of our residential neighborhood and walk to our closest grocery store far more safely than before the speed camera.  I'm grateful for it.[/quote]

A quick glance at the data will show that road fatalities are much higher EOTR. The city responds to this by placing speed cameras EOTR. Is this racist or is it racist to not doing anything about the road fatalities?

The underlying problem is that road designs EOTR (and in poorer neighborhoods in general) are generally more conducive to speeding than in richer neighborhoods like Ward 3. The best way to reduce road fatalities EOTR is to fix that underlying problem.

But then you have Trayon refusing to allow bike lanes - the cheapest "traffic calming' measure - in his ward. So around we go.[/quote]

I agree with you, but the city really bungled the communications on this. They kept saying the bike lanes were for bikes. And residents are quite understandably opposed when they hear about bike lanes and they know there’s almost no bike traffic. And the bikes go wherever they want anyway. They should have emphasized speed reduction from the start, and they would need to make a clear and compelling case that it would do any more than be a PITA for the people who are responsible drivers just trying to get around. Which idk if that case can be made, I hope it can, I have never seen it.

Bike lanes are stressful for drivers. The benefits as far as traffic calming and sometimes bikes might be worth it, but it’s not an obvious sell and proponents have done a bad job explaining it. [/quote]

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