Reduce speed limit to 30 kph within downtown core
In terms of street capacity, 30-39 kph is the optimal speed range. As well, pedestrians hit at 48 kph are are NINE times more likely to die than if struck at 32 kph. Streets will function better and be safer for pedestrians at lower speeds.
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thetransitfan
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Maria
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Downtown is the way people get out of Vancouver to go to the North Shore, Squamish, Whistler, etc. I don't think that inconveniencing these people is practical or green, and 30kmph is really, really slow. There should at least be a throughfare route for them. Downtown pedestrians should stop dangerously jaywalking so much, I hear it reduces their chances of being hit.