10-04-2016, 10:56 PM
The island definitely could be extended, maybe not to the degree shown, but certainly a fair bit farther than it is.
WRT to the left turn at the bike box. The region has indicated that right turns on red at bike boxes are prohibited, I would assume left turns on red are similarly prohibited. Of course, given that this is not marked anywhere, nobody really knows, and everyone turns anyway. In either case, there is no reason for setting the crosswalk back this far, except that it appears the sewers are in the way on the close side in the picture, making a curb cut impossible. Of course, if you tightened the turning radius, you could then fit the crossing on the other side of the sewer.
And yes, no crossing for bikes, because apparently legalizing the behaviour that virtually all cyclists currently practice is unthinkable. *sigh*.
WRT to the left turn at the bike box. The region has indicated that right turns on red at bike boxes are prohibited, I would assume left turns on red are similarly prohibited. Of course, given that this is not marked anywhere, nobody really knows, and everyone turns anyway. In either case, there is no reason for setting the crosswalk back this far, except that it appears the sewers are in the way on the close side in the picture, making a curb cut impossible. Of course, if you tightened the turning radius, you could then fit the crossing on the other side of the sewer.
And yes, no crossing for bikes, because apparently legalizing the behaviour that virtually all cyclists currently practice is unthinkable. *sigh*.