09-21-2020, 08:02 PM
(09-21-2020, 07:18 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(09-21-2020, 05:50 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I think outside of the 1-2 that are explicitly designated as buggy lanes (not paved shoulders legally at all), the fact that paved (and unpaved) shoulders are helpful to mennonite folks is incidental, not intentional.
Mennonites, like cyclists, would be much safer with designated infrastructure.
Yes. But buggies would require pretty substantial dedicated infra, maybe 5m of width to allow passing. Or a 3m paved MUT with 2x1m gravel shoulder, shared with bicyclists and (admittedly few) pedestrians?
Actually, it wouldn't necessarily, you could easily accomodate a narrower path using turnouts (an option we should use to reduce road costs too mind you), but in any case, a 5 meter path is still cheaper than the 2x 3m paved shoulders that would be needed on a highway to give any semblance of accomodation for buggies.