12-03-2017, 01:50 PM
(12-03-2017, 01:11 PM)Markster Wrote: Last night, I saw that the northbound cycle track was all clear, since there's official parking on that side. And the southbound cycle track was completely full of cars.
The really ridiculous thing that happened while I was out, was that a car driving north on King St, at the railway tracks, drove completely onto the sidewalk. I think they thought it was parking. There's no paint on the ground that indicates that the road dramatically narrows at that point. The sidewalk is just suddenly 2m wider.
There is a weird discontinuity at the tracks. Immediately north of the tracks, King St. is just two lanes, and not particularly wide ones to my eye. Immediately south, it’s four lanes in width, plus the LRT track swinging out from the mall area. Looks like GrandLinq didn’t bother coordinating their detailed design of King St. with the neighbouring project. There is a significant amount of road space on the southbound side that should be removed and turned into sidewalk. Also northbound they should have the buses stop immediately south of the freight track. As built I believe there turns out to be a big enough space that it could be used as a bus bay. Much closer to the LRT stop than the actual bus bay north of the tracks.