General Road and Highway Discussion

[Acitta]

At the Imperial/Kehl intersections they change to an asphalt MUT, which continues past Homer Watson.

Thanks, I just looked at the GIS cycling map, I understand now. I didn't realize the MUT continued along Ottawa. I've only gone to that area once or twice since the roundabouts went in and vowed never to go back outside of a car...

I've also asked this question before about the MUT along Weber (from Water to the Spur Line) but didn't get a definitive answer: Are cyclists expected to dismount when crossing intersections and roundabouts on a MUT? I don't know if this spot even fits the criteria since it's slightly different than Ottawa St, but I was a passenger in a vehicle going through the roundabout at Ira Needles and Erb when a cyclist rode through the path in my attached picture below. The driver gave a comment along the lines of "I should've hit him for not dismounting", but I don't know if the cyclist was even wrong because it's unclear to both drivers and cyclists what is expected. Does the cyclist dismount for the Green and Blue sections? Just the Blue section? None at all?

Well as a cyclist, I find it absurd to expect a cyclist riding on a shared pathway to have to dismount to cross a road to get to another part of the same shared pathway. Anyhow, at roundabouts there is are signs at the crosswalks saying stop for pedestrians but with no mention of cyclists. In my experience, it is a crapshoot whether motorists stop for cyclists or not. Anyhow, I think that I would prefer stop lights and a beg button to risking my life on whether a motorist feels like stopping or not. I wouldn't feel any safer dismounting and walking.