03-21-2018, 01:24 PM
(03-21-2018, 01:08 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(03-21-2018, 12:36 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: They're probably talking about width, the trail is currently 2.6 meters wide, which is far too narrow for the traffic it carries. The standards say it should be a minimum of 3 meters wide, (still far too narrow for the traffic volumes), and it is planned last I heard, to be widened to 3.6 meters, which is better, but probably still too narrow for current volumes, let alone future growth (remember, this is a 20 year project).
Where can we find the data for the IHT traffic volumes?
There is some data in some city open data portal. I haven't looked it up, I'm going more based on the experience of using it. Basically, on busy weekends, pedestrians crowd the trail so it becomes dangerous/difficult to use on a bike.
If there was separation between bikes and peds it would be fine, but it needs to be wider (like 4.5 meters) to do that.