12-16-2016, 07:28 AM
(12-15-2016, 09:38 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Typical, they refer to the crash as an "accident".
Regardless, it shouldn't be an issue on our line as there is no place where parking is adjacent to the LRT, and in fact zero shared ROW. The only thing I do see happening is drivers choosing to park on the street car LRT to run in somewhere, but we will see.
That being said, I honestly feel the correct solution to the above problems should be a ram on the front of the LRV. Push them out of the way. Passengers have places to be, and drivers who park illegally should have no expectation of returning to an undamaged vehicle. But that's my opinion, not shared by all.
If it was a freight line, nobody would disagree with you! Although to be fair, the laws of physics pretty much mandate your solution there.
One thing that confuses me about our system is that in some places the LRT lane is separated from the traffic lanes by an actual curb, the usual 15cm or so in height, and in other places it’s just the almost flat curb that just has a slight depression to form a channel for water flow. For example I’m thinking King St. southbound south of Allen for the first, and King St. northbound north of Allen for the second. The flat one almost seems to invite incursion whereas the full curb, while not exactly preventing incursion, I think makes it absolutely crystal clear where vehicles are supposed to be.