06-30-2016, 08:18 PM
The MUT on the south side of Victoria St. from Fischer-Hallman Rd. to East Forest Trail appears to be basically complete at this point. I rode it today and its seems finished, final coat of asphalt, with just landscaping (grass) left.
I'm guessing the main purpose in the grand scheme of things is to connect the trails between Victoria and Highland that stretch to the IHT, and the neighbourhoods therein to the bike lanes on East Forest as well as the schools nearby.
This is probably a decently useful trail, even though it basically duplicates the bike lanes on the road...until we have good design of either bike lanes or MUTs the region will continue to need to build both in order to serve all types of cyclists.
It has all the same failings of every MUT we have in the region, intersections are a joke to a degree nearing entrapment, there are only crosswalks, and curbs in the way (and not smooth ones either, I actually broke a spoke riding over one).
There are other improvements too, Victoria St. now has a curb for the section in question, as well, there appears to be a new pedestrian crossing island. I wonder if these improvements were covered in another budget however. Still, very exciting to see the region building bike infrastructure when not rebuilding a road (entirely).
I'm guessing the main purpose in the grand scheme of things is to connect the trails between Victoria and Highland that stretch to the IHT, and the neighbourhoods therein to the bike lanes on East Forest as well as the schools nearby.
This is probably a decently useful trail, even though it basically duplicates the bike lanes on the road...until we have good design of either bike lanes or MUTs the region will continue to need to build both in order to serve all types of cyclists.
It has all the same failings of every MUT we have in the region, intersections are a joke to a degree nearing entrapment, there are only crosswalks, and curbs in the way (and not smooth ones either, I actually broke a spoke riding over one).
There are other improvements too, Victoria St. now has a curb for the section in question, as well, there appears to be a new pedestrian crossing island. I wonder if these improvements were covered in another budget however. Still, very exciting to see the region building bike infrastructure when not rebuilding a road (entirely).