Readersv~ %î a NYC street-calmung sets good example DEAR EDITOR: There are many things we can leamn from other communi- ties. Learuing from others makes us sinarter. Smart communities are also willing to share their experience with us. I'd like to suggest that we learn from the City of New York (NYC) about traffic calm- ing and bicycle lane implemen- tations. The New York City Departuient of Transportation found an innovative way of sep- arating bicycle traffic from car traffic sud, as a resuit, achieved street calmiug - almost triple the number of cyclists during weekdays and at the saine turne dramatically improved safety of everyone using the streets. 1 thiuk we can transplant the NYC solution to Milton. In 2007, the Community Board in New York raised cou- cerns about speeding traffic along Prospect Park West. In Milton, we also identified speediug on neighbourhood streets as an issue this year. The innovative solution applied iu NYC is impressive. The key to success: Implementation of a two-way bicycle path with a buffer zone, which protects cyclists from car traffic. Before the bike path was installed three out of every four vehicles exceeded the speed lirait. -After the changes took place, less than one per cent of vehicles were caught speeding. The outside-of-the-box thiuking shines through as one reads the project description sud the, results the project achieved. The final report, released early th" year, confirma that the right solution was applied sud the desired effects were achieved. Wide streets of our new neighbourhoods provide us with an opportunity to achieve similar results. However, the recent implemeutation of bicy- cle lanes ou Philbrook Drive and Kennedy Circle seems to treat cyclists the samne old fash- ioned way, placing cyclists uext to the car traffic, neglecting a, number of worldwide studies on bicycle path implemeuta- tuons. Separate cycling facilities with a buffer zone are a much safer and much better invest- ment than typical cycling path- ways on hoth sides of the road, or multipurpose pathways used su frequently in Halton, as this project proves, lu other words, we're not getting the hest value for the mouey spent. Please note we're not talkiug here about building separate path- ways for cyclists. We're talklug simply ahout usmng the saine amount of paint to manage traf- fic differently. As we experience rapid growth in our community, we must learn from other smart communities, 50 our communi- ty is also considered vibrant, inuovative, healthy, forward lookiug sud smart. The NYC Departmeut. of Transportation engineers have doue their homework on traffic manage- ment and we cau easily apply their best solutions in our town so we, too, can achieve trafflc calmiug, increasiug the number of cyclisis sud at the saine turne making our streets safer for everyone. BOGDAN KOWALCZYK, MEMBER 0F GREATER GOLDEN HORSESHOE THINK TANK It seems there's a market for friendship eftrm YOU'VE on page A6 out cresting the illusion of friendship? And for me, that illusion would be far too obvi- ous to ignore. 1 mean ifs not like this person real- ly gives a tinkers damu about me, right? He or she is just lookiug for a lucrative side-gig. And if by some remote chapice we forge an actual friendship sud abandon thse rentai agreement, wouldnt the initial monetary componeut by a constant source of awkwardness? One has to wonder juat how mucli the social network craze has skewed our ides of fliendshsp, with 'Facebook Fniend'numbers often reachiug in the hundreds - yet some of whom welIl neyer even meet in person, much leas have à genuine conuection with. Has our ability or desire to make frieuds faded 50 much that we'd rather just reut them? Hey, why go to any effort, right? Caîl me sentimental, but - unlike just about every other facet of our lives - friendship-mak- ing cant sud shouldut be streamlîned for efficien- cy Seems that mauy would disagree with that, as recent RentAFriend.com numbers show some- where in the viciuity of 4,500 people utilizing the 'friend'service - and about 10 times that number offering their friendship. Guesa that makes it a buyer's market. Just remember, you ouly get what you pay for. And in my view, thats not much in this case. So no 'friendship' gift carda under my Christmas tree this yesr, please! Man Iectured and charged $10 for being drunk on Good Iriday MTime Capsules' are gents of infor- mation extractedfrom past issues of the Champion and other publications in order to provide a window into Miltonsýpast Explanatory comment is sometimes provided to place the situa- ton in context. J.F went before Police Magistrate D ice by Chief Constable Joues. The charge was druuk ou Good Fridy J.F plesded guilty, explained that bie had imported three "botdles of wbsskey, froin Montreal, for which lie paid $2.50. He complaiued that it was, poor, halt water, aud sald it had no great effect on hlm. He was llued $10, the minimum under the Canada Tempermce Act, with $3.50 costs. The Plî! reniarked that $16, iuclud- lug the price of the wbiske ws higli for J.F's celebration sud gave him a lecture, which brouglit forth a promise of future abstinence. This was the Police Magistrate's second case of tIhe ldnd rince prohibition weuî into effect. Alfoed Pitcher of Toronto came to Milton on Tuesday to bury the two chiildren of bits daugliter Olive May, wife Of Pte. Robert Grainger, who eulisted about eighteeu moullis ago sud is uow lu a hospital lu Englaud, having been wounded lu Frîmce. Mrs. Grainger was with hun it Eugland until lie went to-the front. The chldren were 'Robert Henr, aged four montbs, who died bat Thiarsday of pueumoula, sud Alfr-ed Frank aged eighteeu mouths who bad beeu ill about s mouth, with a gathering mnoue of bis emansd died ou Mouday after an operation. Rev' O.E Cooke couducted t>e service at thse cemetery. Ou Thursday Miss H.E. Bastedo held su art exhibition lu thse uew the- atre. There was a splendid showiug of paindungsansd drawings of al kands that were very creditable 'to Mton Time teacher and pupils. Afternoou tes wss served by the l.O.l).E. sud dur- mg the afteruoou miss Feru Troughton, one of Miss Bsstedos Brampton pupls, sang several dines. lu the evenlng a, variedprograin was given by Miss Trougliton, Miss Moôre, Campbeilville and sente Milton pupils: A silver collection was received at the door wich amounted to nearly $30 and which Miss Bastedo gave to the Daughters of the Empire. The 164th left Hamilton for the luat dine lu a very heavy rainstourn eutraining at Stuart Street station iu two trains, A sud D Co.' duite second train wbich pulled out at 2 pan. There was a big crow4 to see us off, iucludig a good many relatives sud frienda froin Milton. Moutreal ws resched ou Friday morug sud we joiued the luterclonial sud crossed the Victoria Jubîlee irou bridge 13/4 miles long. ..Suday was speuit lu Truro. Halifax was reached ou Monday morunig esrly Geo. A. Maunuhss lessed the Hotel McGibbou froin its owuer, Mrs. McGibbou, who will move to Hamilton. Mr. Mann will take poses- siou next Tuesday He bas been a manager of the hotel for sorte years sud dhe change îs only froin manger to lessee. . This mareral isaseaMbed onbehaf ofthe Mlton Historical Soidety by jin Du/s, who can be reackid through de soczety at (905) 875-4156 .e .... 7 s s ? . e 1gr .e Mighly desirable Ioca_-IL tien. 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