06-15-2021, 09:02 PM
(06-15-2021, 08:34 PM)dtkvictim Wrote:(06-14-2021, 10:33 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: If you're alone on the trail, they're not much of a problem when walking or on a bike, but if you are on a bike and there is another trail user, either going the opposite direction, or walking in the same direction, it's awkward and tight. I know from experience. You'll notice on streetview, the new curves are even tighter than the old ones. If you wanted keep some curves, they could have been wider, with greater trail width at the curve, or the trees could have gone on the other side where they would be less likely to interfere with the LRT and the trail would have been straight.
As is, it's just a bad design. If they build a road like that, they'd lose their license.
Fair enough if you've found it narrow or crowded. I haven't experienced it in that area, but it's frustrated me elsewhere so I understand. I really think greenery between between sidewalks and roads would provide one of the single biggest boosts to the pedestrian experience (aside from the improvements that more directly prevent harm), so I would reject that idea that just moving trees to the other side is the same. Though, ideally we would have the situation that we see here: trees on both sides.
That's fair, although there are roads that are more in need of separation. Ultimately tomh is correct, it wouldn't be an issue with gentler wider curves.
To be honest, there is a fundamental problem with a lot of our trail infra, which is that leisurely walking is increasingly incompatible with the cycle traffic of people going places.
It's great that we are doing things like the DTG which is completely separate, but eventually we're going to have to reckon with the choices we've made for some of these trails. Failing to widen the IHT and Spur Line Trail...or even like...place the lights in such a location as to enable future widening...is quite frankly short sighted.