07-29-2022, 08:29 AM
If we're going to the trouble of building a MUT there, why would we shove it in the middle? Why not just put it along the side like it is on Franklin and every other road in the region? It is more convenient for cyclists, connects naturally to the Parkside MUT, and could remain to the right of the slip lane until it can cross more safely at a perpendicular angle.
A major concern I have with the new cycling infrastructure they are putting into place around the region is that there is no clear and consistent form for it. We have bike lanes in some place, we have "protected" lanes in others (ie. Queens Blvd.), we have fully-ish separated in others (King St in Uptown), and we have bi-directional "protected" lanes in others. In particular, the mix of bi-directional tracks with the lanes on both sides is something that I am concerned with as it makes it much harder for people to act in a predictable way because it is harder for people to understand what is happening at any given intersection.
This problem is compounded by the fact that the interfaces between different modes are often completely ignored. Consider where the Water Street bidirectional track ends at, I think, Weber. There is absolutely no hint to cyclists what they are supposed to do if proceeding onward on Water Street, and then there is no clue to drivers then, what the cyclist might do. The saving grace is that most of these problems exist on relatively low-traffic roads.
I'm already uncomfortable with the bidirectional tracks, the idea of adding an entirely new form where cyclists are coming from the middle boulevard just seems entirely ill-conceived to me in the grander scheme of things.
A major concern I have with the new cycling infrastructure they are putting into place around the region is that there is no clear and consistent form for it. We have bike lanes in some place, we have "protected" lanes in others (ie. Queens Blvd.), we have fully-ish separated in others (King St in Uptown), and we have bi-directional "protected" lanes in others. In particular, the mix of bi-directional tracks with the lanes on both sides is something that I am concerned with as it makes it much harder for people to act in a predictable way because it is harder for people to understand what is happening at any given intersection.
This problem is compounded by the fact that the interfaces between different modes are often completely ignored. Consider where the Water Street bidirectional track ends at, I think, Weber. There is absolutely no hint to cyclists what they are supposed to do if proceeding onward on Water Street, and then there is no clue to drivers then, what the cyclist might do. The saving grace is that most of these problems exist on relatively low-traffic roads.
I'm already uncomfortable with the bidirectional tracks, the idea of adding an entirely new form where cyclists are coming from the middle boulevard just seems entirely ill-conceived to me in the grander scheme of things.