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Traffic Management Contributes to Speeding Issues
I would like to add some comments to the letter “Fed up with Speeding Motorists” (The Campus Resident, April 2026).
I applaud those that raise their concern on this topic but the issue of addressing the problem is not being taken seriously by UBC Campus and Community Planning and the UNA.
Speed and reckless driving is partly the fault of drivers but in Wesbrook’s case, mostly the fault of the management of our community. I raised this issue exactly three years ago and noted that there are major faults in Wesbrook’s traffic management. Yet to date, no action has been taken.
Here are some examples:
- Ross Drive is 30 km/h in the southern direction, and 50 km/h in the northern direction. The limit of 50 km/h on Ross Drive in the north direction is a problem that extends from the traffic heading north on Wesbrook Mall from Marine Drive. Entering off of Marine, it is posted at 50 km/h and does not change to 30 km/h until after Birney Avenue. Thus, the posted speed for arteries off of Wesbrook Mall like Binning Avenue, Ross Drive, Gray Avenue and Birney Avenue, is legally 50 km/h.
- The speed limits on Wesbrook Mall between Birney Avenue and Nurseries Road are 30 km/h going south and 50 km/h going north.
- Ross Drive is also known as the Wesbrook by-pass. There are no stop signs, no speed bumps and only about a year ago were crosswalk signs put up. One of the largest users of Ross Drive are UBC vehicles.
How can residents expect reasonable speeds from Wesbrook area drivers, especially on a road like Ross Drive, when UBC can’t manage the infrastructure properly?
ED BOOIMAN, CARETAKER/ BUILDING MANAGER – PRODIGY
Speeding Cyclists Should Watch Out for Seniors
I write with regard to those speeding cyclists flashing by in Pacific Spirit Regional Park who call out the verbal warning “on the left” and ding their bells when approaching pedestrians from behind (“The Real Danger in Pacific Spirit is Speeding Cyclists” The Campus Resident, April 2026).
Would they please bear in mind that some of the seniors are wobbling around with support from a cane and may not always travel in a straight line?
A lot of us are hard of hearing, do not catch what is being said, and have difficulty hearing the high tones that cycle bells make, especially when they are raised further by the Doppler effect.
I have adopted walking against the traffic for safety. Please pass on my right.
Thanks.
ANTHONY WALTER, RESIDENT