08-30-2017, 04:30 PM
(08-30-2017, 04:14 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: Sad thing about that desire line is how easily slight shifts in the trees could have accommodated it, and how the sidewalk which goes towards Caroline would be unlikely to be needed, as North or South, pedestrians would likely take an angled approach rather than a perpendicular one. But as the trees grow, they will block off the desire line, or make it dangerous for anyone to use if bicycles go on it at any speed while blind.
No bicycles will be taking that desire line, as there are hard curbs on either end. It's all pedestrian.
As far as I can tell, Grandlinq was designing a minimum distance around these substations to discourage casual interaction with them. Here, they've been clever about it and created a "landscaped buffer".
It's a real shame. The sidewalk is nice and wide, and is basically a MUT, but is very unintuitively following the path for cars.