Trails

[jwilliamson]

There's some new artwork on the stretch of the Iron Horse Trail between Park and Caroline.

[MacBerry]

I know this is a bit old now but I have always been interested in an extension of the IHT, did anyone participate in this?
https://www.kitchenertoday.com/local-new...on-1038104

Deeply, it was killed by people who have room to park six cars minimum in their driveway complaining about parking.

Great fact! Where did it come from? Source?

[danbrotherston]

Deeply, it was killed by people who have room to park six cars minimum in their driveway complaining about parking.

Great fact! Where did it come from? Source?

Primary research.

I was involved, I saw who came and objected, I saw their driveways personally.

[creative]

There's some new artwork on the stretch of the Iron Horse Trail between Park and Caroline.

This turned out really nice considering how the complainers jumped all over this before it was complete.

[taylortbb]

There's some new artwork on the stretch of the Iron Horse Trail between Park and Caroline.

This turned out really nice considering how the complainers jumped all over this before it was complete.

To be fair, that looks nothing like the original proposal, which didn't include the asphalt component and was therefore terrible cycling infra.

[ijmorlan]

This turned out really nice considering how the complainers jumped all over this before it was complete.

To be fair, that looks nothing like the original proposal, which didn't include the asphalt component and was therefore terrible cycling infra.

Also to be fair, the “complainers” are well justified in being skeptical of anything the City or Region does around cycling infrastructure. When is the last time the final result was significantly better than what people feared halfway through construction?

Indeed, even in this particular case, the very fact that the trail has been moved is because active transportation infrastructure is not thought of as important. The development could have been done as two triangular buildings on either side of the pre-existing trail, possibly with its exact route slightly adjusted (e.g., to straighten out the original railway curve). But instead, Council saw fit to agree to the developer’s request to detour a transportation route around their development. Would they have agreed to do that if the route in question was King St. instead of the Iron Horse Trail?

[creative]

Complainers are going to complain!

[danbrotherston]

It's also not all sun and rainbows, the section along Caroline still has a driveway entrance with huge flaired wide crossing and curbs for no reason.

[ijmorlan]

Complainers are going to complain!

And people who think people are “complainers” if they want the city to be better than it is are going to spout irrelevant slogans.

[creative]

Like “NIMBY”?

[KevinL]

Among the province's announced transportation funding ( https://news.ontario.ca/moi/en/2019/07/o...or-fu.html ) is $3.2 million for the Strasburg-Avalon bridge over the Parkway, $250k for a trail along Lackner, and $940k for a trail from St. Jacobs Market to Northfield station. Another $420k is earmarked for road crossing and wayfinding improvements on the Iron Horse.

[kps]

It's a bit disappointing that the spur line trail doesn't run the entire length of the line.

[creative]

I rode the Iron Horse this morning through the part under construction. First coat of paving is down between Queen and Kent. Lighting bases are in from Queen to Mill.

[goggolor]

You're still allowed to ride through the part under construction? I've stopped going to Shortfinger/Wooden Boat Food during the trail construction because I don't like the idea of biking down Courtland (the city's official detour route). Is the trail Queen to Kent ridable?

[creative]

You're still allowed to ride through the part under construction? I've stopped going to Shortfinger/Wooden Boat Food during the trail construction because I don't like the idea of biking down Courtland (the city's official detour route). Is the trail Queen to Kent ridable?

It is still officially closed. No workers present due to the long weekend. People moved barriers to allow access.