+- Waterloo Region Connected (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com)
+-- Forum: Waterloo Region Works (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=14)
+--- Forum: Transportation and Infrastructure (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=25)
+--- Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region (/showthread.php?tid=186)
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - Coke6pk - 08-28-2017
Done.
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - panamaniac - 08-28-2017
(08-28-2017, 09:55 AM)Coke6pk Wrote: Done.
Hope you asked for some feedback, or, even better, a rational explanation!
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - Canard - 08-28-2017
Hi Stewart. Markings for bike lane-ends will be re-striped with dashed lines to indicate lane ending and will be signed appropriately. Thx.
— Region of Waterloo (@RegionWaterloo) August 28, 2017
Grinding and re-striping will take place first thing tomorrow.
— Region of Waterloo (@RegionWaterloo) August 28, 2017
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - YKF - 08-28-2017
I just got a response from a councillor re: Weber Street and they said that the report has been pulled from Wednesday's agenda and that a modified alternative (a modified alternative to 'Appendix F'?) is being considered. Has anyone else heard about this?
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - danbrotherston - 08-29-2017
@YKF I haven't heard anything about this nor have I seen the revised option. There are already three delegations registered that I know of though. The item is on the agenda. It is simply part of the committee report. I don't see how they could pull just that item.
Which councilor did you hear from?
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - danbrotherston - 08-29-2017
@YKF Galloway confirms the item is off the agenda.
Anyone know what comes next?
@mikeboos @TriTag Weber St report pulled from tomorrow's Council meeting
— Tom Galloway (@tomjgalloway14) August 29, 2017
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - YKF - 08-29-2017
(08-29-2017, 11:12 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: @YKF Galloway confirms the item is off the agenda.
Anyone know what comes next?
@mikeboos @TriTag Weber St report pulled from tomorrow's Council meeting
— Tom Galloway (@tomjgalloway14) August 29, 2017
Yeah it was Tom Galloway.
When I asked the Council/Committee Assistant for confirmation earlier today that the item had indeed been pulled from tomorrow's Council meeting, I was told the following:
"So we’ve followed up further with staff here at the Region, and have confirmation from Thomas Schmidt, Commissioner, Transportation and Environmental Services, that indeed this recommendation/report will be deferred at this week’s Council meeting.
We do not yet have a date for when the report with return, but it is likely to be at a Planning & Works Committee meeting, perhaps sometime later this fall. You are welcome to still attend Council meeting tomorrow to give your thoughts regarding this project, but we can also let you know when the report will be coming back for Councillors to consider."
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - Coke6pk - 08-30-2017
(08-28-2017, 07:31 PM)Canard Wrote:Hi Stewart. Markings for bike lane-ends will be re-striped with dashed lines to indicate lane ending and will be signed appropriately. Thx.
— Region of Waterloo (@RegionWaterloo) August 28, 2017
Grinding and re-striping will take place first thing tomorrow.
— Region of Waterloo (@RegionWaterloo) August 28, 2017
The grinding was done that afternoon, and the new lines were painted the following day. Who says gov't moves slow... LOL ..... now if they only had their head out of their *** before they started the project....
Coke
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - jamincan - 09-04-2017
They move fast when they have such a massive liability on their hands there. Can you imagine if a cyclist had been hit by a vehicle in that section of Lackner? It could very well be considered gross negligence on the part of whomever signed off on that work.
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - danbrotherston - 09-04-2017
(09-04-2017, 08:24 AM)jamincan Wrote: They move fast when they have such a massive liability on their hands there. Can you imagine if a cyclist had been hit by a vehicle in that section of Lackner? It could very well be considered gross negligence on the part of whomever signed off on that work.
Maybe someone needs to successfully sue the city for building other dangerous situations. As much as I don't like civil suits as a form of justice, I'll take what works.
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - MacBerry - 09-08-2017
ONTARIO 20 YEAR CYCLING STRATEGY
Ontario has first 20-year plan for #Ontario cycling. Here is #CycleON 1.0 Brochure and there is a link for their version of how to plan and promote the growth of cycling across the province over next 20 years. I have attached Information brochure captures.
#CycleON: Ontario's Cycling Strategy
![[Image: RdlWkMn.png]](https://i.imgur.com/RdlWkMn.png)
![[Image: 4xZzSDn.png]](https://i.imgur.com/4xZzSDn.png)
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - chutten - 09-08-2017
They put Davenport on page 16 as a case story.
I was going to take umbrage at the term "accidental cyclist deaths" but luckily the report they cited (comprehensive endnotes!) had an excellent section explaining what "Accidental" means to a coroner, with this specific excerpt:
Quote:...it is important to note that deaths resulting from cycling collisions, just like motor vehicle collision deaths and pedestrian deaths, are not “accidents” in the sense that all of these deaths were predictable, and therefore preventable.(emphasis theirs)
So that saved me from putting my foot in it.
...After a quick scan, it looks like it has noble goals that are measurable, have a timeline, and a variety of paths to success. If by 2033 we are not in the top 10 jurisdictions for cycling or no city in Ontario is in the top 10 bike-friendly cities in the world, then it will have failed. Concrete. Nice.
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - Canard - 09-09-2017
(09-08-2017, 02:31 PM)MacBerry Wrote: ONTARIO 20 YEAR CYCLING STRATEGY
Ontario has first 20-year plan for #Ontario cycling. Here is #CycleON 1.0 Brochure and there is a link for their version of how to plan and promote the growth of cycling across the province over next 20 years. I have attached Information brochure captures.
#CycleON: Ontario's Cycling Strategy
This looks wonderful!!
Also, for as many times as we have gone along it, now, I had no idea there was 20 km of brand-new, paved, MUT-like trails along the Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway in Windsor!! I guess that's the point - if I can't see it from the road, it's done pretty well!
I'll freely admit that I'm 90% a recreational cyclist (grab my bike and go for a "ride", because I enjoy the experience - but start and finish line are the same point) and 10% using my bike to actually get somewhere*. In the last couple of months, I've biked to work and back a couple of times a week... but the biggest blockade, to me, to using a bike for "real" transportation is how much wondering and pondering I have to do ahead of time to figure out "Could I even get there?" If the network of trails and road infrastructure was set up in a robust enough fashion where that planing element for a journey didn't even need to happen, I think it'd be a huge success, and more and more people would give it a go. I did bike to Zoup once in Waterloo and used a pannier to bring dinner home one night.
* - Actually, now I'll have to look this up on Strava, I'm kind of curious what the breakdown is over the summer!
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - rangersfan - 09-09-2017
There are often many references here comparing our Waterloo Region's cycling infrastructure to the Netherlands, but I think we have a much closer example. My family and I spent the past week in Ottawa/Gatineau and I was very impressed by the cycling infrastructure and the sheer volume of cyclists using the network there.
RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - rangersfan - 09-14-2017
Kitchener is applying for funding through the province to help fund 5 cycling infrastructure projects. The ramp for the pedestrian access way from Shirley to River Rd would be very useful, I recently took my bike this way and hauling it on the stairs was less than pleasant.
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/kitchener-commuter-cycling-project-funding-province-cap-and-trade-1.4288308