The city needs to start buy not subsidizing all car infrastructure. Shopping malls and car parks need to be paid for by the developers. The city should only subsidize up to the curb ideally.
Streets in new developments don’t need to be built extra wide with a “future expectation” on traffic flow. The maintenance of roads usually falls on the city, and a one lane extra wide street that fits 4-5 cars accross costs much more to resurface every few years. In most cases these wide streets never see the expected traffic.
Traffic lights also costs money to maintain and operate. Cities spend a ton of money here alone. Proper roadway design with a clear destination between a street, a road, a highway, and interstate highwhighway can cut down on this. Not everything needs to be a “strode” with lights at every intersection.
More proper width low speed streets, with proper traffic calming equal less requirements for signalised traffic lights. Most intersections could get away with stop signs or small traffic circles.
Proper higher speed roads designed with no curbs or driveways. This cuts down on conflict zones between higher speed traffic and pedestrians. Properly paired with roundabouts which are cheaper to maintain then signalized traffic lights.
City design that is people focused first as opposed to car first. Less maintenance for a pedestrian zone street then a high flow “strode”
The city needs to start buy not subsidizing all car infrastructure. Shopping malls and car parks need to be paid for by the developers. The city should only subsidize up to the curb ideally.
Streets in new developments don’t need to be built extra wide with a “future expectation” on traffic flow. The maintenance of roads usually falls on the city, and a one lane extra wide street that fits 4-5 cars accross costs much more to resurface every few years. In most cases these wide streets never see the expected traffic.
Traffic lights also costs money to maintain and operate. Cities spend a ton of money here alone. Proper roadway design with a clear destination between a street, a road, a highway, and interstate highwhighway can cut down on this. Not everything needs to be a “strode” with lights at every intersection.
More proper width low speed streets, with proper traffic calming equal less requirements for signalised traffic lights. Most intersections could get away with stop signs or small traffic circles.
Proper higher speed roads designed with no curbs or driveways. This cuts down on conflict zones between higher speed traffic and pedestrians. Properly paired with roundabouts which are cheaper to maintain then signalized traffic lights.
City design that is people focused first as opposed to car first. Less maintenance for a pedestrian zone street then a high flow “strode”