(08-25-2022, 11:18 AM)Bob_McBob Wrote: My suspicion is the cyclist was right-hooked while riding on the sidewalk, so we'll either never hear about it again or WRPS will blame them. The language of their official statement about the cyclist colliding with the cruiser like it's an inanimate object really says it all. Helmet status: unknown 

(08-28-2022, 09:51 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: I just realized that my centre bikelane idea is not as unprecedented as I had implicitly assumed: diverging diamonds very naturally work with the non-motor-vehicle space down the middle. I don’t know if they all do, but here is an example of one that does indeed put it in the middle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CVqvZR6eeg

Of course, this one is much more unpleasant than my Northfield idea owing to the motor vehicle lanes being right beside the multiuse trail rather than being separated by LRT tracks, and there are many other criticisms that can be made about what is seen in the video. Nevertheless, I think this puts the final nail in the coffin of the idea that my idea is inadmissably bad and need not be considered, given that something like it has already been implemented in real life.

(08-29-2022, 01:26 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:

(08-28-2022, 09:51 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: I just realized that my centre bikelane idea is not as unprecedented as I had implicitly assumed: diverging diamonds very naturally work with the non-motor-vehicle space down the middle. I don’t know if they all do, but here is an example of one that does indeed put it in the middle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CVqvZR6eeg

Of course, this one is much more unpleasant than my Northfield idea owing to the motor vehicle lanes being right beside the multiuse trail rather than being separated by LRT tracks, and there are many other criticisms that can be made about what is seen in the video. Nevertheless, I think this puts the final nail in the coffin of the idea that my idea is inadmissably bad and need not be considered, given that something like it has already been implemented in real life.

Indeed. Especially given the worst parts of that infra (crossing the slip ramps) are exactly the thing we will be removing lol.

(08-29-2022, 10:15 AM)ijmorlan Wrote:

(08-29-2022, 01:26 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Indeed. Especially given the worst parts of that infra (crossing the slip ramps) are exactly the thing we will be removing lol.

Right, I have the crossings at regular signalized intersections.

It’s interesting that even in the video, left turns don’t interact with the path crossings at all; only the right turns, and it appears that while the on-ramp right turn has the path yielding to motor vehicles, the off-ramp right turn has a signal. I would want to consider making the right turn ramps more like regular turns, and also look at signalizing the on-ramp right turns as well.

(09-01-2022, 01:23 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: WRPS appear to have scrubbed the media release about the cyclist striking the cruiser from their site.

In other news, two cyclists were injured in separate incidents yesterday.

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/09/01/collision-sends-cyclist-to-hospital-with-serious-injuries.html

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/09/01/young-cyclist-8-with-serious-injuries-after-collision-with-pickup-truck-in-cambridge.html

(09-01-2022, 01:43 PM)Bytor Wrote:

(09-01-2022, 01:23 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: WRPS appear to have scrubbed the media release about the cyclist striking the cruiser from their site.

In other news, two cyclists were injured in separate incidents yesterday.

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/09/01/collision-sends-cyclist-to-hospital-with-serious-injuries.html

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/09/01/young-cyclist-8-with-serious-injuries-after-collision-with-pickup-truck-in-cambridge.html

Notice the difference in the language between the two articles.

In the first one: "…after a Dodge SUV hit the rider", and "…when the driver of a pickup truck hit an eight-year-old".

In the second one: "…after a collision with the driver of a pickup truck".

First one active voice about the vehicle hitting the cyclist. Second one passive voice that makes it look it was the cyclist hitting a stationary object.

(09-17-2022, 04:04 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: That's looking good.

I'll give them credit for ingenuity that they haven't displayed before. A centre running facility is about the only way to get a cycling facility safely through the interchange and the configuration of the one way roads provides an opportunity to implement it in a reasonable manner.

They also have a big opportunity at Lancaster and Bridgeport to make big improvements to what is one of the regions many highly dangerous intersections...especially since Lancaster is being rebuilt.

(09-17-2022, 08:15 AM)ijmorlan Wrote:

(09-17-2022, 04:04 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: That's looking good.

I'll give them credit for ingenuity that they haven't displayed before. A centre running facility is about the only way to get a cycling facility safely through the interchange and the configuration of the one way roads provides an opportunity to implement it in a reasonable manner.

They also have a big opportunity at Lancaster and Bridgeport to make big improvements to what is one of the regions many highly dangerous intersections...especially since Lancaster is being rebuilt.

Yes, I’m very pleased to see that they’re including centre-running through the interchange as an option. They’ll need lights at the ramps, however, because right now left turns across the centre line are done in the usual “wait for a gap in traffic” way, which wouldn’t be safe with bicycles coming through the middle (as we know from LRT experience, both here and elsewhere).

To me it is obvious that there should be 2-way bicycle paths on both streets, regardless of what is chosen for the interchange. While we’re at it, let’s go on a road diet. There is absolutely no conceivable need for 4 lanes on Bridgeport west of Weber; even 3 is questionable, other than turn lanes. Personally if it were up to me I’d probably go to 1 lane plus turn lanes.