02-13-2015, 06:03 PM
I think the city of Waterloo really dropped the ball on the lexington road diet a couple years ago, that stretch of road is a pointless speedway that really doesn't have enough traffic to justify 4 lanes.
I've taken to using the lights at Victoria when I'm going to Waterloo, I feel like it averages out over the long-term and it keeps me from those awkward occasions when one person wants to stop and "let" people pass but no one in the other lane does.
I agree about the Erb/Caroline intersection... I try to avoid it whenever I can but I've taken to just use Father David Bauer, especially now that the stretch of trail that goes by the train station is closed. The lights probably don't have bike sensors but I've always been lucky to have a car or two around to trip the sensors for me (or that might be a timed light, I don't ride enough through there to say for sure)
I've taken to using the lights at Victoria when I'm going to Waterloo, I feel like it averages out over the long-term and it keeps me from those awkward occasions when one person wants to stop and "let" people pass but no one in the other lane does.
I agree about the Erb/Caroline intersection... I try to avoid it whenever I can but I've taken to just use Father David Bauer, especially now that the stretch of trail that goes by the train station is closed. The lights probably don't have bike sensors but I've always been lucky to have a car or two around to trip the sensors for me (or that might be a timed light, I don't ride enough through there to say for sure)