The chances of Canadian cities adopting 30 City and restricting the speed limit to 30 kilometers an hour are not great, but it is worth aspiring to.
In January, Bologna became the first Italian city to implement “30 City,” an urban planning model which restricts the speed limit to 30 kilometres an hour. Drivers on Bologna streets, except for some main roads will be required to drive at speeds of 30 or below. Proponents says that 30 City reduces air and noise pollution and, most importantly, makes the city safer. Slow speeds mean more reaction time. That means fewer accidents and those that do occur are less severe.
The news that Bologna – in the region of Ferrari and Lamborghini, a place for creating some of the fastest and most beautiful cars in the world – had embraced 30 City has no doubt got some in Canadians wondering if the same speed limit restrictions can be applied here.Toronto has unofficially implemented “18 City” with an average rush-hour speed of 18 kilometres an hour, according to the TomTom Traffic Index.
If Canadian cities did wish to make it official, then they would have to spend a great deal of money on something that European cities have in abundance – traffic cameras. These mechanical martinets are everywhere. If you go over the speed limit in an Italian city you can be pretty sure you will get a ticket. I should know, I’ve received enough fines that I could have bought a few bottles of nice Brunello with the money I shelled out. Where there isn’t a camera there are good old-fashioned cops.
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