02-18-2019, 01:29 PM
(02-18-2019, 08:50 AM)Canard Wrote: A little nugget in here in a document Jamincan posted in the cycling thread:
Document: https://calendar.regionofwaterloo.ca/Cou...f5010a1035
Pages: 9-11
Summary: GRT is going to relax it's procedures for crossing ION tracks.
Their statistics are fascinating regarding collisions - I had no idea that so many accidents were caused by GRT busses stopping at tracks!
I often jaywalk at the University/ION crossing. The buses disrupt the flow of traffic and make it hard to do that. So for me it would seem way better if the traffic kept on moving. In particular, if there's just a bus and then cars far behind, then in the time that it takes the bus to start/stop, the cars have caught up and crossing is no longer safely possible. (There might also be fewer buses once the ION is running.)