09-15-2019, 02:19 PM
(09-15-2019, 01:25 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(09-14-2019, 01:08 PM)megabytephreak Wrote: Does anyone else get really annoyed by cars parking with their back end hanging halfway across the trail where laurel trail gets squeezed between the creek and the parking lot for the "spurline crossing" plaza?: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/43%C2%B...80.5189672
It feels like at least once a week I see vehicle (usually a pickup truck it feels like) backed in and hanging well out into the trail, dropping it to one lane. Today I had a new once, it was a jeep, and the vehicle itself wasn't hanging over too much, but it had a hitch mounted bike rack with nothing on it protruding right at head height for a cyclist. It was hard to see given the lighting too, so I almost ran into it.
I think there should be bollards mounted in the curb there to prevent this. Where would I report this kind of issue? Laurel trail belongs to the City of Waterloo correct?
I don’t go up that part of the trail very often, but I’ll have to look for that problem when I’m there. On a related note, there is no curb cut to give convenient direct access from the trail into the parking lot. Also, there is a big empty square of concrete at the corner of the building, but no bicycle rack. Weird to brand themselves “Spurline” and then do nothing at all to make it convenient for people riding in from the trail.
Yeah, this used to be part of my commute, this was a common obstruction. Where I live now there is also the ability for cars to block the sidewalk.
Basically if there isn't a curb, there will be cars.