Ya I don't think those big blue hydro trucks with the cherry pickers need the massive open road, the drivers are generally pretty good since they have to get into tight spaces to do their work sometimes... dunno why they would think that those trucks couldn't handle a speed hump... FFS they put a speed hump on Patricia, a street I've seen hydro trucks use. The speed hump on Patricia is jarring, moreso to trail users than any traffic on Patricia... if the purpose is to slow car traffic, why not just put two humps on either side of the trail? It seems like it is designed to make trail users uncomfortable.
The curb cut on the trail to/from Sobeys on the west side of West St. is the nicest, smoothest one I know of in Kitchener... it's like the only thing they got right. That should be a design standard IMO, to build anything else is just an F-U to cyclists, people pushing strollers, and especially anyone using a wheelchair or mobility scooter.
West gets a bit busy during rush-hour, at least pre-covid I think a fair amount of traffic came/went to the Sun-Life parking lot.
The curb cut on the trail to/from Sobeys on the west side of West St. is the nicest, smoothest one I know of in Kitchener... it's like the only thing they got right. That should be a design standard IMO, to build anything else is just an F-U to cyclists, people pushing strollers, and especially anyone using a wheelchair or mobility scooter.
West gets a bit busy during rush-hour, at least pre-covid I think a fair amount of traffic came/went to the Sun-Life parking lot.