10-17-2018, 09:40 PM
I think others have discredited the notion of ramps or tunnels enough.
As busy as King and University is, it is not busy enough to warrant a scramble. Even Toronto, with much heavier pedestrian volumes shut down/reverted a scramble because it did not demonstrate enough benefit to pedestrians.
The King and University Intersection could be greatly improved by other means:
-tightening the turning radiuses forces drivers to slow down and shortens crossing distances
-narrowing lanes also shortens crossing distances and people drive slower
-adding refuge islands, and
-add leading pedestrian intervals on all the signal phases.
Also, although they too don't have enough pedestrian volume to warrant a scramble I think the Caroline/Erb intersection and Courtland/Stirling could be implemented with great benefit to the pedestrians that do use them without over-penalizing vehicles on the road.
For example, Caroline/Erb could have looked like this (also assumes two-way conversion of Caroline/Bridgeport and Erb) - especially with the Ion coming through every 4 minutes:
As busy as King and University is, it is not busy enough to warrant a scramble. Even Toronto, with much heavier pedestrian volumes shut down/reverted a scramble because it did not demonstrate enough benefit to pedestrians.
The King and University Intersection could be greatly improved by other means:
-tightening the turning radiuses forces drivers to slow down and shortens crossing distances
-narrowing lanes also shortens crossing distances and people drive slower
-adding refuge islands, and
-add leading pedestrian intervals on all the signal phases.
Also, although they too don't have enough pedestrian volume to warrant a scramble I think the Caroline/Erb intersection and Courtland/Stirling could be implemented with great benefit to the pedestrians that do use them without over-penalizing vehicles on the road.
For example, Caroline/Erb could have looked like this (also assumes two-way conversion of Caroline/Bridgeport and Erb) - especially with the Ion coming through every 4 minutes:
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.