Walking in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

I took a couple pics of the new concrete being put in at R&T Park. It does seem more likely that they're for cyclists rather than pedestrians, but unless there's some more work coming for the crossings this doesn't seem very useful other than letting cyclists turn right without entering the roundabout. (These two pics are from the east and south side of the Accelerator Center).

Yes, they are for allowing cyclists to use the paths around the roundabout rather than riding in it.  It's pretty poor because there is no crossrides so they're facilitating illegal behaviour...but that's pretty typical for cycling infra.

That being said, I really don't like how they do it, the transition is far too oblique and I would bet money they're using a curb with a lip, I find that is always risky for catching the lip and falling, and I really wouldn't like to risk that at a roundabout. I don't understand why they find it so difficult to create a flat curb or a straight entrance.  I've brought this up a 1000 times and they don't seem to have a clue.