07-21-2018, 03:58 PM
(07-21-2018, 03:15 PM)timc Wrote: I know it's not a great excuse, but it is about 1000x better than what was there before. I bike there often without drama.
What, specifically, is wrong with it? And how could it be better?
Is it better than what was there before, yes. I've biked through also without issue, but even as a fairly confident cyclist, it's terrifying. You have cars coming off the highway or trying to get onto the highway often in excess of 80km/h, on both sides of you, even if you personally are comfortable with that, I think you must understand how most people don't.
As for how it could be better, that's a good question, when it comes too it, this is an interchange designed to make car traffic efficient to the exclusion of all other modes. The real way to fix it is to balance the needs of different modes, remove slip ramps, etc.
Realistically though, we could have had better designs by providing more separation between cars. There was one suggestion of eliminating all sidewalks, and putting one big path down the middle of the LRT with crossings on both ends. Not sure if this would have worked well, it largely depends on if they prioritised short signals at the crossings to minimise wait times, but it would probably have been usable by more people than the current design.