03-21-2018, 02:09 PM
(03-21-2018, 01:24 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(03-21-2018, 01:08 PM)tomh009 Wrote: 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.
My weekend experience is mainly for Saturday mornings, for the segment between Victoria Park and Vincenzo's. I haven't felt that part crowded (admittedly I'm walking so that might give me different perspective). Is the crowding worse in the afternoons? Which parts of the trail?
In my experience, in other countries there are many separated paths that are much narrower than 4.5m A quick search got me to the ODOT design guide which says minimum width of 3m for a shared use path and 3.6m for one with separated bicycle and pedestrian lanes (1.8m each). Is the 4.5m an Ontario standard for such a path?