11-19-2016, 12:19 PM
(11-19-2016, 11:22 AM)Pheidippides Wrote: Project Team Response:
With respect to cycling lanes, this section of Weber Street has very limited opportunity to provide any space for a cycling facility. The photo in Figure 2 shows the constraints in the corridor, with narrow boulevards and many fronting residential buildings immediately behind the sidewalk. The Region’s approved Active Transportation Master Plan (ATMP) acknowledged this constrained corridor on Weber Street and in fact did not designate any section of Weber Street in Kitchener as an official cycling route because of the challenges with introducing any pavement widening. Cycling facilities are instead available on adjacent local streets such as East Avenue, Cedar Street, Borden Avenue and sections of Frederick Street, in lieu of cycling facilities on Weber Street.
Well, Weber usually feels less sketchy than Erb/Bridgeport. It is, however, far more direct than the recommended alternatives, which just don't go all the way through. So I do often finding myself biking on Weber.