12-01-2021, 11:36 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-01-2021, 11:38 AM by danbrotherston.)
(12-01-2021, 09:47 AM)Chris Wrote: I always thought the raised crossings were more to improve the trail user experience and less about slowing traffic. If they wanted to use them to slow traffic and annoy ploughs they would put a harsher edge on them.
Lol...no...they're about slowing traffic.
I laugh because the city's original raised crossing design had an incredibly harsh and even dangerous experience for trail users, as the crossing was only raised for the roadway and not for the gutters (for drainage). After much advocacy they were convinced to invest the extra money to install more drainage to allow the gutters to be raised as well (full credit to city staff for being responsive to user feedback on this one by the way...at a regional level I'm sure we'd still be screaming into the void).
I'm not sure why they are so inconsistent with their construction, some are quite significant and slow traffic considerably, some like Mill seem to have been done wrong and have barely any effect.
I'm not a construction worker or an engineer, but I am surprised they are so inconsistent.