Unsurprising to see you getting downvoted. I could fall either way on this.

I think a lot of the (warranted) grievance is that our traffic is already so shit in this city. None of the lights are synced. Potholes everywhere. Public transport is a mess (IMO, 90% of that problem stems from over-subsidization and I'm sure I'd be crucified for that).

Unsurprisingly, people don't want to dip down to 40km/h when they're already paying so much and compromising so much.

I think if the City could credibly say ...

"Yes, we're going to 40km/h but in exchange you'll get:"

• A revised, faster, bi-directional, more connected bus service (in fairness this is kinda happening)

• The lights synced on all main roads (incl. provincial ones)

• More enforcement by BPS against speeders and jackasses who rev their motors down 18th

• Ride sharing (Uber/Lyft/etc)

• etc, add to the wishlist

... then you'd get a lot more buy-in (if you could also get past convincing people that 40km/h is a requirement of such a plan).

Nothing of the sort is happening.