06-13-2021, 05:21 PM
(06-13-2021, 03:58 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(06-13-2021, 09:18 AM)bpoland Wrote: On that note, I really wish Waterloo had prioritized smooth crossings along the IHT on Caroline, particularly the small streets between Allen and William -- some of the curbs give you quite the jolt when biking. Another one that stands out (literally) is the Spurline at Roger Street.
I just noticed a detail here: there are no small streets or crossings of any kind between Allen and William. Do you mean further down the trail? For example, John St. is an obvious location where the trail should be considered the superior route and traffic on John St. should yield entirely. My personal preference would be to install bollards to force all John St. traffic to travel through a single lane 3m wide at the trail, with traffic signals set to red for both directions which would clear to green for one direction at a time (and give the trail a red) when a sensor detected traffic.
I believe they were referring to the trail along Caroline...which you might call part of the IHT, or the Laurel trail.
It was rebuilt by the REGION of Waterloo and it is truly terrible, in a short distance it has many large bumps and tight turns. Really awful.
The spur line trail also has some bad intersections, I almost went off on the Rogers St. crossing (again, a Regional project).
Ultimately, its not something any government has prioritized, but they should. Kitchener is closest, and some crosswalks over minor streets MIGHT be built better in future. But frustratingly even brand new crossings are done poorly even by CoK right now.
I don't understand why engineers won't pay attention to these details, since it costs nothing, but ultimately, it's a less major issue than others.