(01-05-2017, 10:26 PM)Canard Wrote:(01-05-2017, 08:06 PM)clasher Wrote: If it was an active construction zone it should be barricaded off.
So is what we're saying here is that it's not okay for cars to park on the (currently) unused rapidway because it develops bad habits, but it is okay for joggers and cyclists to run on it, since they're somehow immune to developing those very same bad habits?
To be fair, you said it was an active construction zone, which appears not to be the case — it’s a completed section of rapidway which is no longer under construction and not yet in use. Also, somehow I feel that active transportation users are less likely to develop bad habits than car drivers. There is something about not being protected by a steel cage that at least in some people focusses the mind.
Having said that, I’m certainly not going to develop a habit of using the tracks in that way, although I might take one trip like that “while I can”.
Also, parking causes a problem for the entire duration of the parking and may require a tow to resolve. All other proposed uses can cease at any instant when a train comes along.