09-30-2017, 01:07 PM
In other news, the Lexington segregated bike infra is going in now. It looks quite good, and includes a sidewalk as well as the bike path, which makes it the first true bike path in the region (well, ignoring the one that was removed on Westmount Rd.). I will be curious to see the finished design.
It looks like it will be a bike only path for a while then merge in with the sidewalk some time after the bridge. I assume this is to accommodate road cyclists who wouldn't ride on a pedestrian path, since the merge point also appears to include a curb cut for cyclists to escape the path.
One question however, would be why the region continues its obsession with placing curbs in the middle of bike infra. The picture below shows the point just after the bridge where there is a curb placed in the middle of the bike path, not at a transition point, but in the middle, there is nothing going on here, except the bridge ending. Why would there be a curb there?! They would never build a road that way.
It looks like it will be a bike only path for a while then merge in with the sidewalk some time after the bridge. I assume this is to accommodate road cyclists who wouldn't ride on a pedestrian path, since the merge point also appears to include a curb cut for cyclists to escape the path.
One question however, would be why the region continues its obsession with placing curbs in the middle of bike infra. The picture below shows the point just after the bridge where there is a curb placed in the middle of the bike path, not at a transition point, but in the middle, there is nothing going on here, except the bridge ending. Why would there be a curb there?! They would never build a road that way.