Cycling in Waterloo Region

[dtkvictim]

I drove over the new IHT raised crossing at Glasgow St, and it's a much more typical speed bump unlike what they put in on Mill St.

Yet to bike over it, but hopefully it's a smooth trail transition unlike the nonsense at Henry Sturm and Patricia Ave.

4) The Ontario St bike lane still has no signals at Charles St heading south (towards Joseph St). Practically, you can see the old vehicular signals through the bags they put over top, but this can't be a legal arrangement...

I don't understand these bags at all. They left them on for both Ontario and Gaukel, when both are to be permanently closed for cars (well, Ontario only in one direction). At best they are just confusing ... why not simply remove them?

I emailed Darren Kropf about the Ontario St lights, and he said he has forwarded it to the Region for an update, as the lights are their responsibility. He said "signal upgrades" so presumably the old lights are supposed to come out, and a new bicycle light should go in? I guess bureaucracy doesn't provide an option for using the existing lights in the meantime...

I assume something similar is happening at Gaukel, since the street hasn't been permanently reconstructed. It's still "temporarily" closed.