11-07-2018, 11:48 PM
(11-07-2018, 11:16 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: I would take that one step further and create curb bump outs at all the minor crossings that narrow the road to a single shared lane. Shortens the crossing distance for trail users and slows vehicle traffic. I'm thinking particularly of Gage and John on the IHT and pretty much everything except Union, Moore, and Weber on the Spurline.
Yes, I’ve been thinking along those lines and I think it’s a good idea. I think it needs to be more than just yield signs — it needs to be something unignorable. Otherwise, the trail just won’t be safe. I would put crash bollards (of the “stop a concrete truck” variety) at the four corners of the crossing zone to force all motor traffic into its single shared lane, and I would space them so that a large truck would have to slow to a crawl in order to line up precisely. I would answer all objections by pointing out that these roads are local access routes, not main transportation routes, and people driving on them can take a different route if they don’t like it.