08-24-2017, 07:19 AM
(08-24-2017, 05:41 AM)Canard Wrote: I was thinking about these design changes at Weber while riding my bike to work yesterday, on the Fairway Road Extension:
Posted 80 km/h (so, 90-105 km/h actual) road with tall wall and bike lane in between. Please don't repeat design, @RegionWaterloo #bikeWR pic.twitter.com/HBSInSHT0D
— Iain Hendry (@Canardiain) August 23, 2017
I remember seeing this when it opened and thinking unprintable thoughts about the designers. In this location it is absolutely indisputable that the wall should be between motor and non-motor vehicles, not between bicyclists and pedestrians. Even if bicycles are kept separate from pedestrians, either with a line or even with a curb, that would be OK, but the wall should separate the bicyclists from 18-wheelers. It’s just a total lack of actual thinking. I assume the “designers” are just applying some manual rather than actually engaging their brains and analyzing the situation.