Cycling in Waterloo Region

[dtkvictim]

Some photos from the Cedar St cycling infrastructure.

1) This is Duke Street (where an existing contraflow painted bicycle lane already existed) connecting to Cedar St. I'm not really sure I understand why it was done this way; bidirectional cycle tracks suck for intersections, and they've basically made one just for this intersection. All it seems to accomplish is making right turns and straight through more complicated, although I suppose you don't have to use it.

2) Cedar St facing south towards King St. I didn't go check, but I believe just the large hill between Charles & Church is remaining.



3) Cedar St facing north towards Weber St.



4 & 5) Approach and intersection with Weber St. There is a really awkward driveway right before the intersection, where you can see curb cuts. The intersection seems okay so far, but given our dumb lights and having to cross is a specific order (whereas pedestrians can cross whichever light is green first) it could be a slow crossing.