10-20-2022, 07:14 PM
So this will be yet another addition to this old suburban section of Kitchener. Between the future Sportsworld Station and Borden Station there are a very large number of projects going up: Lower Kitchener, 1253 King East, The Junction, King 926, 368 Ottawa South, 459 Mill, 1157 & 1175 Weber East Elevate Condos, 20 Ottawa North, 1668 King East, Hush Collection, King & Cameo, 20 Sportsworld Crossing, 25 Sportsworld Crossing, 4396 King East, the 4 condo towers at Fairview Park Mall and all the new offices + stores going in as part of the mall expansion. I think I've forgotten a couple as well.
While the Cambridge LRT line will do wonders for transportation once complete, I do hope the region and city are able to find a way to improve alternative modes of transportation. For biking, this is easily one of the worst areas in the region. The two main arterial roads - King and Weber - are the definition of traffic sewers. I don't believe either have any proper bike lanes and unfortunately due to the age of the neighbourhoods, they don't have much room to add them. Sacrificing lanes to add bike lanes would be a tricky thing to do as they see very high volumes of traffic for many reasons (they're arterial roads, east-west roads intersect at many points, the highway sees a lot of exiting/entering, popular businesses etc).
If we are going to be adding so much density in this end of the region, we're going to need to find a way to offer people more methods to get around other than personal vehicles. While I don't want to immediately derail this thread by turning it into a discussion about infrastructure, I'm nonetheless curious what sort of options the region and city could do to improve things around here. As already mentioned: the two main roads going north-south would be tricky to add bike lanes to. But also due to the age of these surrounding neighbourhoods, cutting new trails would also be a challenge since there are already existing homes, wetlands, forests as well as the Conestoga Parkway being a physical barrier.
So for those posters who are more familiar with infrastructure, where do you think they could add in new bike lanes or multi-use trails in order to improve transportation - particularly for those wanting to travel north-south?
While the Cambridge LRT line will do wonders for transportation once complete, I do hope the region and city are able to find a way to improve alternative modes of transportation. For biking, this is easily one of the worst areas in the region. The two main arterial roads - King and Weber - are the definition of traffic sewers. I don't believe either have any proper bike lanes and unfortunately due to the age of the neighbourhoods, they don't have much room to add them. Sacrificing lanes to add bike lanes would be a tricky thing to do as they see very high volumes of traffic for many reasons (they're arterial roads, east-west roads intersect at many points, the highway sees a lot of exiting/entering, popular businesses etc).
If we are going to be adding so much density in this end of the region, we're going to need to find a way to offer people more methods to get around other than personal vehicles. While I don't want to immediately derail this thread by turning it into a discussion about infrastructure, I'm nonetheless curious what sort of options the region and city could do to improve things around here. As already mentioned: the two main roads going north-south would be tricky to add bike lanes to. But also due to the age of these surrounding neighbourhoods, cutting new trails would also be a challenge since there are already existing homes, wetlands, forests as well as the Conestoga Parkway being a physical barrier.
So for those posters who are more familiar with infrastructure, where do you think they could add in new bike lanes or multi-use trails in order to improve transportation - particularly for those wanting to travel north-south?