Six months later, the results were in. Average traffic speeds were cut by 25 percent. The new tool in the city's traffic calming is likely to be speed humps. We like the idea of being able to offer the residents a variety of traffic-calming measures. If you squeeze that road down, then everyone is limited by the speed of the slowest vehicle.
Cycling is part of the culture now.
Lots of streets have 5 percent cyclists, and bicycle lanes are a pretty logical way to go. The cyclists love them. Now a city of 600,000, or 4 million within the greater Toronto area, it is the heart of Canada's largest urban area and the capital of Ontario.