10-26-2016, 08:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-26-2016, 08:38 AM by danbrotherston.)
(10-26-2016, 06:56 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: Which is why they should have seriously considered my idea to put the pedestrian/bike path down the middle between the transit lanes (and shift those lanes and the general traffic lanes towards the outside of the bridge in order to create the space to do so). This would allow pedestrians and bicycles to travel from the tracks to Colby/Conestogo without interacting with any motor vehicle traffic whatsoever.
I agree with you here, it's a very clever way of eliminating many crossings, especially dangerous ramp crossing. Sadly I also agree with Canard here, it was never going to happen. It's simply to...unusual, untested for it to be risked. The traffic engineers already know how risky sidewalks and bike lanes across freeway ramps are, and known risk is apparently good.
It was a nice dream.