09-23-2017, 10:59 AM
(09-23-2017, 10:08 AM)Canard Wrote:(09-23-2017, 10:00 AM)Pheidippides Wrote: It's almost like drivers think anything covered asphalt entitles them to drive on it.
...is that so impossible to fault them for? There is no demarcation at all at the intersections to "real" roads. The pavement just continues. There are no signs (inside the lot) saying "don't go here".
So, to me, it's totally understandable someone might drive down there, and I couldn't fault them for it at all (maybe a little).
There definitely should be do-not-enter signs at the crossings in the parking lot. Also, where they put those small concrete barriers and plastic posts at King St., I would prefer to see bollards on either side of the tracks, all four with do-not-enter signs mounted on them. I don’t know about the exact dimensions involved, but I suspect carefully placed bollards could absolutely prevent truck entry and would require smaller vehicles to drive very carefully between them, while ignoring a pair of do-not-enter signs right in their faces.
I would say that upon analysis, it’s absolutely clear cars are not supposed to use that area, but from the point of view of a driver just watching what is in front of them, it is equally unclear from certain directions that they aren’t supposed to enter. This applies doubly since there was an entrance there pre-construction and a reasonable default assumption is that it has been restored.
It occurs to me that the lights on King should be straight-ahead arrows too. They’re not active yet, but they should explicitly indicate that no turns are permitted. Also the concrete sidewalks on King should continue across the tracks, interrupting the continuous asphalt.