General Road and Highway Discussion

[Markster]

Here's one confusing thing, I'm guessing this is going to be a bus stop.  I have no idea why there are tactile plates between the bike lane and the bus stop.

Ah, that's to get the cyclists to slow down and be aware that they're entering a pedestrian conflict point. The bike track continues across that concrete, but it is also where bus loading will occur.

Similar, a bit, to this section of Roncesvalles in Toronto:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6458917,-...312!8i6656

Also, the segregated lane seems to end here, which is strange, it's about 100 meters back from the traffic circle, but there seems to be a barrier curb preventing cyclists from getting to the sidewalk.  I will be curious to see this in a finished form.

Ah, the good ol' "no bicycle infrastructure at intersections" trick.
Maybe they've finally decided that directing bikes on to the sidewalk is not what they want, and so they're going to merge them into the roads from now on?

One other interesting thing I got to see, is what looks like mechanically stabilized earth (reinforced soil) being used to build up around the valley that is being levelled.  I've never seen it under construction before so that was interesting.

The ION station at UW also had the same material laid down. Each cinderblock level had another layer of that plastic stuff connected to it.