01-29-2017, 06:11 PM
(01-29-2017, 06:07 PM)Markster Wrote:(01-29-2017, 05:56 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: There is a MUT along the East and West sides of King St. from the mall, south to Weber St. This allows access up to the mall from the location where Canard turned back. Connections are far from obvious, but it does exist. It is frustrating that even when trails are within meters (yes, single digit meters) of each other, connections are not clear or obvious or even not on a awkward piece of sidewalk and (illegal to use) crosswalk.
And now that I look at it, I see that they did "connect" the trails. There's a concrete sidewalk that connects them together. Though it means waiting at the traffic light to go north.
I've taken that trail south on King before, and it never occurred to me that that there was another trail so nearby.
Well, define "connect", there's a sidewalk, it's neither obvious that the trail continues for cyclists, nor how to safely cross. The lack of a safe crossing is mostly due to the high capacity high speed exit ramp (into the parking lot). But that's not so unusual, but there's no signage, no obvious directional markers, and no obvious cyclist path. In fact, at the top of the trail, one must almost look behind them to find the continuation.
But they are effectively close enough together to be called "connected" in a network sense, there is continuity, and you don't have to ride on a busy road for any distance (merely technically walk your bike across the sidewalk and crosswalk).