09-22-2015, 05:03 PM
(09-22-2015, 01:18 PM)Waterlooer Wrote: Based on the recent pics I've seen of King Street in front of GRH, I'm assuming there will be bike lanes on King?
Sadly, not really. There'll be sections of painted shoulder like this one in some stretches, because the minimum width for curb to curb is 4.8m, whereas the lane itself will usually be about 3.2-3.3. That leaves a nice painted shoulder that could be a de facto bike lane.
Except...
The project agreement drawings show many places where turn bays eliminate this painted shoulder. So anyone cycling on King will suddenly lose their painted shoulder at most intersections, and they'll have to merge.
A pretty disappointing failure to make the corridor truly mixed-mode.