(08-16-2018, 11:50 AM)Canard Wrote:(08-16-2018, 08:26 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: I just say might, no guarantee, but riding alongside the train without any kind of separating feature is something I can imagine politicians, planners, and people being uncomfortable with. I do realize that it is far easier to get sucked under a pickup or delivery truck on a road than to somehow fit under an LRV, but these are the perceptions we have.
Not following - I think you're confused, I'm not riding alongside the train anywhere in the path I mentioned. If you're thinking I meant I ride my bike on the paved tracks North of the Platform... that's not what I would (ever!) do. I ride through Waterloo Public Square on the South side of the station, between the station and Cora's, which is a wide sidewalk-type construction.
At no point would I ever endanger myself or others by doing something stupid or unsafe like riding on tracks.
I think riding along the freight tracks is what he is referring to. However, the only danger worth mentioning associated with that is dropping into the flangeway, which would almost certainly cause a spill. This is also an issue with the area between the buildings east of King. There is no significant danger from freight traffic in that location, and none during the day when there is no such traffic.
They should have used this from Hughes Lane to the crossing near Valumart:
https://www.environmental-expert.com/pro...rip-126618
Voilà! No more flangeway gap!