Bay Harbour: August 11, 2021

Wednesday August 11 2021 Bay Harbour News
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LETTERS 13
Readers respond to
last week’s front page
article on a plan to
reduce the speed limit on
Humphreys Drive from 70
to 60km/h.
Darrell Latham is concerned
that a safer speed on Humphreys
Drive will increase commuter
times for motorists into the
city.
I’m sure he’s done the maths.
The difference in commute
time between the two speeds
is around 10sec over the just
over 1km. Would motorists
commuting notice this on
their 11min commute to the
city? (I’ve seen the signs on the
causeway).
This of course assumes that
motorists instantly accelerate to
70km/h and can break instantly
to stopping at the Dyers Rd
signals if they’re red. The actual
increase in travel time would
be less than 10sec, and all to
improve safety for all road users?
Fortunately, safety experts
don’t wait for crashes to
happen before providing safer
environments, they’re fortunate
enough to have data on crash
rates in similar environments
all across the country and can
determine safe and appropriate
speeds without having to wait for
people to be killed or seriously
injured on every road.
It’s interesting that 10sec
additional for commuting
motorists (noting we have
ambitious carbon reduction
targets both locally and
nationally) is a concern, but no
issue whatsoever with a much
greater diversion for cyclists
through Charlesworth Reserve
(a far more sustainable mode
for those who are able). There’s
also the bus which is now on a
10min frequency at peak times. –
Darren Fidler
The speed limit on Humphreys
Drive should be reduced to
60km/h from the current
70km/h. I often see people
on that road exceeding the
speed limit and doing closer to
80km/h.
When I am cycling, cars
passing at high speed can be very
intimidating and the wind blast
from the vehicle particularly
large commercial ones can be
very disturbing. It is nonsense
to argue that reducing the speed
limit will reduce times into the
city as this stretch of road can
only be 600-700m in length and
ends in traffic lights which may
force you to stop. – Chris Irons
A definite no to decreasing the
speed from 70km/h to 60km/h.
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They (council) have just spent
millions of dollars on cycleways
and reduced the speed in
Woolston along with businesses
losing customers to enable
cyclists to travel safely into and
out of town.
We travel Humphreys Drive
daily at peak traffic times. If we
are lucky enough to see a cyclist
and then they aren’t even using
the new cycleways – Debbie
Camp
If the city council is really
interested in cyclist safety along
Humphreys Drive they should
pave it in a material that doesn’t
flick up stones at cyclists and
other cars. The current speed
is absolutely appropriate given
the rural nature of the road,
no matter what the NZTA
pontificates.
The speed limit should stay
the same and if they’re really
concerned, extend the separated
cycle path along Humphreys
Drive and into Ferrymead,
there’s plenty of empty land for
them to do so. – Samuel Zelter
As a cyclist, I am delighted
that the council plans to safely
connect up the current cycle
path to town with the Ferrymead
Bridge and to reduce the speed
limit for cars.
The current on-road cycle lane
is narrow, partially obstructed,
often covered in gravel and feels
unsafe.
As a motorist, my initial
concern was the nasty feeling
of being slowed down when
dashing about my daily business.
Then I did the calculations and
found that the maximum extra
time this will take is 10sec.
Actually, I think going 10sec
slower into town is a reasonable
price to pay for the additional
safety. – Pat McIntosh
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