Cycling in Waterloo Region

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One of my biggest issues with cycling on University Avenue is playing leapfrog with buses. I would like it if the buses didn't need to stop in the bike lanes.

I specifically mentioned in my response that the redesign should take inspiration from the recent Commonwealth Avenue reconstruction in Boston that I noticed while living there briefly. Physical curbs between drivers and cyclists, an LRT , and the bike lanes swerve around the bus shelters so cyclists can by-pass the busses.

Here is a street view of Commonwealth and St. Paul where you can see the bike lane continuing behind the bus shelter.

Looks like a vast improvement over 15 years ago. More of a streetcar than an LRT though. Good to get the bike/bus interaction right. Zurich has something similar I think (couldn't quite make out what Boston did from Google Street View).