Walking in Waterloo Region

[ijmorlan]

You wouldn't do ramps for an overpass; need to have an elevator on either side to make it accessible.

That’s my point. It needs to be ramps, and the ramps need to go in the direction people are going anyway. This way using the bridge is just a matter of taking a hill at a different point than one would staying on the ground and it’s not a detour.

If stairs or an elevator are involved, it’s a detour. In some circumstances this might be OK, but not in general as a replacement for a traffic light.

At University it would help if the lights were motor vehicle activated rather than button activated. The lights could be green for the path until a vehicle comes, then turn. I’ve mentioned it before: two sets of sensors in each direction, one well in advance of the crossing so that in low-traffic conditions the light is turning green just as the vehicle approaches the crossing; and another right at the crossing so vehicles can’t get stuck at a red that never ends. Lights would only be green for vehicles when vehicles are there (subject to a maximum, of course), resulting in much more green time for the path.