EdwardEdm
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2015 has a new wrap for AMA, with such messages as "Give this train a brake" and " Please don't hit me!"
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2015 has a new wrap for AMA, with such messages as "Give this train a brake" and " Please don't hit me!"
degrandprix
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buildings
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so 102ave has been reduced to one skinny lane eastbound. and 103ave now only extends from 109st to 100st. Add to that several streets between 109 and say 97th St. have in some way been reduced and/or blocked for usage. I don't have the patience to drive downtown anymore. Should just put a nice decorative fence around it.
Glenco
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EdwardEdm
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It is definitely real. Today I ran into the car again and got the remainder of the messages which include "Ouch!" and "That one hurt!"Is that photoshop?
If that's real that is amazing
I also saw the Culligan truck that got hit of all things. It is the new style of International chassis which made me look close when I saw it today, and indeed there was damage on the left side. The LRV certainly got the worst of it, given this truck was back on the road the next day.
David A
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Here in Edmonton we went for over 40 years with an LRT system underground only downtown and we haven't had street cars for even longer. So I realize there is a learning curve for people to adjust to changes, particularly for those who do not go downtown often. Heck I still regularly see people turning right and driving down bike lanes. IMO it is not that hard to look for and just follow the signs, but perhaps for some people it is.
The_Cat
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Work at 163 Street:
The_Cat
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Work at Meadowlark Road:
ADob
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I don't think it's a question of not reading the signs or not knowing how to read the signs (surely, both skills should be in place before a driver's license is handed out). I think it's a problem of thinking that rules and signs simply do not apply because the driver is special. I see people turn right on red all the time. I see them speed through red daily. Keeping to the 40km/h speed limit downtown? Not likely.
If you put in bigger signs, surround them with flashing lights, and, indeed, add that valet idea (which, come on! would so add a classy feeling to the whole proceedings!), there will still be those who think they don't really need to follow these rules. I mean, they are special, aren't they?
As an aside, we were crossing 100 Ave by the Red Arrow. There is a very prominent "no right on red" sign. We watched a driver's ed car with a student at the wheel stop, hesitate, and then obviously say, eh, fuck it, and plow on through. I really wish I'd taken the guy's information because this is someone teaching someone else how to drive.
If you put in bigger signs, surround them with flashing lights, and, indeed, add that valet idea (which, come on! would so add a classy feeling to the whole proceedings!), there will still be those who think they don't really need to follow these rules. I mean, they are special, aren't they?
As an aside, we were crossing 100 Ave by the Red Arrow. There is a very prominent "no right on red" sign. We watched a driver's ed car with a student at the wheel stop, hesitate, and then obviously say, eh, fuck it, and plow on through. I really wish I'd taken the guy's information because this is someone teaching someone else how to drive.
The_Cat
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They’re the same selfish people who get angry for someone taking their parking spot next to Costco.
buildings
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"IMO it is not that hard to look for and just follow the signs, but perhaps for some people it is." signage is not the problem, half streets and avenues that go no where is the problem. And that, my friend, was one of the most passive-aggressive sentences I've ever read.
ChazYEG
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go nowhere for private motorized vehicles, you mean?
And if some streets not being all prioritized for private vehicles makes people simply disregard the rules that have been established AND well signaled, they should not be on the road. The level of entitlement from drivers is absolutely astonishing... So if the rules of the road don't suit them, they feel like it is within their rights to disregard them?
buildings
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not just private vehicles. taxis, ubers, delivery trucks, ambulances, police, fire, busses, not everything can be accommodated by LTR and bicycles. I guess I must apologize to the citizenry for having the gall to own a car. There is no street downtown that is "prioritized for private vehicles" nor did I advocate to disregard signs; that's a leap.
David A
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Actually, half streets and avenues that go nowhere more accurately describes our suburban areas. Downtown still has a grid pattern, so if you can't use 102 Street, 103 or 104 works.
I was trying to be understanding and polite, but apparently that is considered passive aggressive, so I'll be more direct. Its really not such a great hardship, but I guess some people like to whine a lot.
ChazYEG
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Ambulances, police and fire can use the low floor LRT RoW to move around if needed. Busses either neve drove in those RoWs or were replaced by the LRT, I don't see your point here.
Most streets downtown are prioritized for private vehicles. In fact, most streets in the entire city are prioritized for them. We closed a handful for that kind of traffic, or reduced their volume, but the sense of entitlement in thinking that cars > everything else is baffling.
No, you just need to get over the fact that your mode of transportation no longer holds absolute priority over all others.