Cycling in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

That crossing is certainly poorly designed. That sign at Victoria has been there for years, long before the recent improvements to the IHT.

Yeah, I didn't mean to imply it was new. I just hadn't really noticed it before until I was searching through street view just now, specifically checking what signage was up for road and trail users. I guess I'm usually too busy watching for cars to notice a sign on the other side of the crossing.

Like all pavement markings in Ontario sharks teeth have no legal meaning. But staff will only use them when they reinforce existing crossing priority.  Of course, I would bet that around 99.98% of drivers in Ontario don’t know what they mean. This isn’t helped by Ontario’s decision to use the same symbol meaning two opposite things. 

You have my full sympathy on this crossing. I’m really frustrated by it because I asked repeatedly to discuss it at KCaTC and was rebuffed.

I figured, which is a shame. I really like them. Though as I reflect on it, many of the IHT sight lines are too poor to work as-is anyways.

What is KCaTC?

Definitely a shame, I agree they are an effective way to show priority, something that is usually only implicit and often poorly understood, and rarely followed

KCaTC is the Kitchener Cycling and Trails Committee, the citizen advisory committee on cycling and trails for the city of Kitchener.