06-13-2021, 03:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-13-2021, 03:17 PM by danbrotherston.)
(06-13-2021, 11:29 AM)ijmorlan Wrote:(06-13-2021, 11:15 AM)bpoland Wrote: Thanks for the details. All sounds great except for the lack of crossride, but I guess their hands are tied by the legislation.
I don’t get it. Does this mean the crossride at Erb on Peppler is illegal?
Also, you can have a street which is bicycle-only in one direction, right? In other words, it’s one-way, “bicycles excepted”. Such a street can intersect a larger street or road at a traffic light, and vehicular traffic on the side street can drive straight across on the green.
So what prevents them from designating the multi-use trail as a street which is bicycles-only as to vehicular traffic?
If motor traffic needs to be permitted due to defects in the legislation, then have a 20m long section with a motor vehicle lane one-way towards the main street; in other words, illegal to enter and unreachable by any actual motor vehicle traffic.
Crossrides are not permitted to be combined with PXOs under Ontario provincial legislation.
They are permitted when combined with full pedestrian signals as you find at Erb and Peppler.
Now, you might ask why they aren't using a full pedestrian signal, and there is a very good reason for that.
The region is in control of all traffic signals in the region, even those not on regional roads, and they refuse to place one at the trail. As a result the most the city engineers can do is place a PXO.
So it's mostly the fault of the region and province.