Walking in Waterloo Region

[panamaniac]

Indeed this is a very sad story. He was crossing River, (from the Petro Canada to the Esso). I frequent this intersection, and can say from experience that it's unpleasant regardless of walking or driving. I'd go as far as saying Ottawa from Franklin to River is often chaotic and dangerous.

I think this intersection would be a good candidate for a "Scramble Intersection".

I must say, I have never found it to be either, just quite busy at times, with the exit from the mall representing a modest challenge if you plan to turn left at River Rd.  In any event, the accident doesn't reflect "chaos", it was just (sorry, "just" sounds awful) another of those persistent cases of drivers not paying attention to the right while making a right turn at an intersection.