The following article appeared in the August 28 edition of the Guelph Tribune: The city is planning to test a new type of traffic calming device as part of ongoing efforts to reduce speeds and decrease the amount of traffic short-cutting through neighbourhoods. “Speed cushions,” which recently came onto the market,
Category: Traffic Management
Essex Street re-opening
We are contacting you with respect to your decision to allow a road to be built through the Essex Street Park. We applaud your decision to choose an alternative road alignment in an attempt to protect the trees on the site. We remain concerned about the trees that will be closest to the road alignment […]
Delhi Street Painting
As you are well aware there are sections of Delhi Street between Eramosa Road and Emma Street where parking is allowed on one side of the street, as well as portions where there is no parking on either side of the street. This has been the case for at least the last 20 years that […]
Footbridge over the Speed River at Emma St.?
I wish to offer some comments regarding development of the trail network connecting Goldie Mill Park and Riverside Park.First of all, I presume that to all involved, this is a significant addition not only to the Speed River Trail and the ability to tie into the Royal Recreation Trail, but to Guelph overall as a […]
Essex / Waterloo Street parkette
We are aware that a road has been proposed to be cut through the small park between Essex Street and Waterloo at the corner of Gordon Street in order to accommodate a large truck that occasionally uses the street. Apparently two large trees have already been removed to create a turnaround where Essex dead-ends at […]
MTO says ‘No roundabouts on Hanlon’
Recently, the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) held a public open house regarding the upgrading of the Hanlon expressway. Originally designed to have overpasses at each intersection, improving the design of the Hanlon is now back on the MTO’s radar. Several options were presented at the open house. None included roundabouts. When questioned about this, Stantec […]
Making people-friendly cities
My hope is that you all get a chance to watch this video on the topic of making people-friendly cities, specifically by making them bicycle-friendly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rwwxrWHBB8 It would be nice to make Guelph a prime example
Meters ‘Reviled’ Core Image
The following article appeared in the June 22 edition of the Guelph Tribune: City council figures it might be better to provide an hour or two of free downtown parking in lots and parkades, rather than on the streets. By a vote of 8-5, council voted Monday to send the issue back to staff for […]
Plea for bicycle lanes
Thank you for the excellent latest edition of “Insight Guelph”. I have been a resident of Guelph for almost 20 years, and am as worried as the next person about how we are all going to make the shifts we need to make, now, towards living sustainably.In fact, I do everything you suggest on the […]
Cycling in Guelph
In Today’s (June 6th) edition of the Guelph Mercury, there is an article on cycling in Guelph and some concerns and ideas raised.In my opinion, Guelph has been a leader in proving Cyclists a coordinated, safe, and accessible bike network to ride in for many years. This is something that many of my friends from […]