Trails

[plam]

Problem is, a major traffic route like that should really have maybe 1.5m per direction for each of pedestrians and cyclists. That’s 6m. Still only a very narrow 2-lane motor vehicle route so cheap to build by comparison.

Yes, they widened it from about 2.4 to 3.6 (or maybe 3.0, they were arguing for a narrower trail at one point, I don't think they won that argument, but I haven't measured).

Of course, I was in the public consultation and everyone said minimum 5 meters (1.5m per direction for bicycles and a 2m sidewalk). Riding it now, it's heavily congested even on a weekday.

It's funny how induced demand is a thing even for bicycles. Much less harmful for bicycles than for cars though. Please induce more of this demand!