02-04-2021, 01:10 PM
(02-04-2021, 01:05 PM)Acitta Wrote: The roundabout at Huron and Strasburg is referred to as a Dutch "inspired" roundabout rather than simply a Dutch "style" roundabout specifically because Ontario doesn't allow crossrides at roundabouts even though we are building all of these MUTs that funnel pedestrians and cyclists to the same crossings.
Indeed.
And honestly, it boggles my mind that engineers take themselves seriously. A roundabout where cyclists don't have the right of way but peds do, is far more confusing than one with consistent right of way rules. And these engineers know that cyclists do not dismount at crosswalks. The choice to maintain the laws the way they are only about shifting legal liability, not behaviour or outcomes. I'm sure most engineers do not do it for this reason, they probably honestly believe they are mitigating risk, but it's really about fear of change.
But in my work experience, I meet lots of people like this, where change is utterly terrifying, and they play it off as "mitigating risk". It isn't unusual.
Virtually everyone in the world would do with more UX and Human interaction experience.