08-30-2017, 07:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-30-2017, 07:29 AM by danbrotherston.)
(08-29-2017, 10:31 PM)rangersfan Wrote: Is that stretch technically a trail along Waterloo Town Square? That is a question that has puzzled me all summer. I have come across the same situation numerous times and have since started taking Willis Way instead.
Another thing that has confused me recently is the intersection of Erb and Caroline.
When on Caroline heading towards Waterloo Park from Town Square ( I would call this north but what the official direction is I don't guess) what is the proper route to take to get on the Laurel Trail along the Clay and Glass Gallery ?
I have been avoiding this section by using Father David Bauer and taking the trail across the tracks near the bridges.
The short answer is that biking this route is illegal. Yes, literally the two biggest trails in the region are illegal to bike between. Crazy no?
The long answer is, you have a choice, between turning left (yes away from the trail) and circling back on Father David Bauer Dr. as cars must, or "walking" on the sidewalk. I expect some cyclists to bike the sidewalk (what I will probably do, *PLEASE* by all means, give me a ticket), and making the illegal left (as all cars are doing now).
Pedestrians can walk through, and cross both ways at the intersection, a fairly time consuming route, but at least, technically legal.
Which is why I disagree with ijmorlan that they didn't know the trails were supposed to connect. Simply that the team provided zero consideration of cyclists. This is not an uncommon theme for the LRT project.