08-22-2017, 09:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-22-2017, 09:38 PM by Pheidippides.)
(08-19-2017, 10:15 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Also possible to go present at the committee meeting on Tuesday as I plan to do. Frankly, I'd rather see the "do nothing" plan than the current recommended plan, but I plan on asking council to endorse the original "recommended" plan, or a MUT for the entire length, not sure which yet.
So did you convince them?
Again, I was half listening, but I think the staff person misspoke when they said that there was nothing in the Ontario Traffic Manual that would limit the width of the lane:
Page 181:
"Where a designated bike route is identified on a bridge…railings and barriers should not be a more severe hazard than the object or condition from which the cyclist is being protected. The roadside
infrastructure should have a smooth surface and a minimum 0.6 metres of lateral clearance from the bicycle facility"
Page 77:
"Conventional Bicycle Lane desired width = 1.8m suggested minimum = 1.5m"
The staff report recommends a lane width of 1.48m which is smaller than the minimum under regular circumstances and certainly does not allow for the extra 0.6m of clearance; I guess that is allowed because it is just a suggestion.
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.