I am glad to see that the issue of traffic calming is getting some attention. Unlike some other municipalities, Milton does not have a traffic calming policy.  That’s why we end up with expressways like Scott Blvd. 

The Champion recently covered a story with some quotes from your truly.  The piece is here.  My quotes are:

A similar argument was made to council last month by Zeeshan Hamid, who’s vying to become the local councillor for the new Ward 8 in west Milton, south of Derry Road.

[Correction: Ward 8 actually starts at Steeles and ends on Britannia]

“In general, Milton needs to narrow collector roads and require traffic calming devices at least near elementary schools and parks,” stated Hamid in a submission given as part of a public meeting on the Town’s update to its official plan. “Halton police recently caught 127 speeders on Scott Boulevard, travelling on average 50 per cent faster than the speed limit. Recently, a seven-year-old boy was hit near P.L. Robertson school while he rode his bike.”

Unfortunately:

The Town’s policy is that traffic-calming devices aren’t warranted on collector roads, according to a 2009 report on residents’ requests for them to be installed along Woodward Avenue in old Milton.

Wait, if they are not warranted on collector roads (like Scott Blvd), then where are they warranted?  Major roads should be optimized for traffic flow, neighbourhood roads should have traffic calming.

We have it backwards with lack of turning turn lanes and uncoordinated traffic lights on major roads but wide open neighbourhood streets.