02-18-2018, 10:47 PM
(02-18-2018, 09:58 PM)Pheidippides Wrote:(02-18-2018, 08:37 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Simple practical solution for riders is just to walk along the tracks up to the intersection with Duke St.
OMG, you just killed Canard.
Yes, that is what the design in encouraging, but in no way should it be allowed as it is; it is basically breeding bad habits.
And you can't always assume the train will move south on one track and north on the other. That's like only looking one direction when crossing a one-way street; the one time you don't bother checking the other direction is the day you get smucked.
Heh, well, the breading of bad habits it the fault of the designers.
That being said, the one (and there is only one) redeeming factor of the two southbound lanes is that I envision one day (and it *should* be soon, but probably isn't) a two way cyclepath all the way from Courtland to Lancaster, on the south side. There is no good reason not to do so.
That being said, there was probably plenty of property to build a path, just look at the positioning of the utility boxes and the cat pole. A path along the tracks would have fit.