Cycling in Waterloo Region

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Of course, given there continue to be deaths and injuries at this intersection...a change is imperative, but I suspect that in 10 years we will either question why this intersection is so unsafe even though it was rebuilt so recently...

I’m not expecting much from the construction. Probably an undersized pedestrian island with completely flat curbs. Might as well save the money and just do it with paint.

Really the island should be a full lane in width, with massive concrete ends that make it impossible for anything less than a concrete truck to violate it.

I read a post on Reddit where someone suggested a better idea than an island would be a tunnel under the road. It would be safer and keep the flow of foot/bike traffic on the trail moving at a constant pace. They're pretty common in Europe, so I don't see why we couldn't build the same here, except for the fact the city would likely say it costs too much money.