10-12-2017, 02:05 PM
(10-12-2017, 01:36 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Along the tracks, or just crossing carelessly?
I’m just curious because I can’t think of a single trip where the “best” route (ignoring rail safety and the rough terrain) involves walking along the tracks through campus. The only future exception is going between the station platform and E5, where the shorter route (and the one that should have been implemented in the plan) involves walking between the two tracks from the platform to the crossing in front of E5.
The route from UW Station to the UW Plaza (going in front of E5) is missing a direct (and level) pedestrian link, and it is not surprising at all that people would walk on the tracks in that area.
In Red is the paths you are supposed to take, as designed.
In Green are the natural paths a pedestrian will want to take.
A contributing factor is how narrow all the pedestrian paths and crossings are. They are insufficient for the volume of pedestrians. The E5 crossing is the only one that was built to an appropriate width.