09-04-2018, 10:57 AM
The more I use the UpTown segregated bike lanes, while I do always see at least one car parked on them, and several more wanting to make a 1m+ gap to traffic lanes and so their tires are well onto part of the path, my bigger trouble has been pedestrians, and the same now in Waterloo Park. We don't have a lot of places in the region where it's clear whether the surface is a sidewalk (pedestrians only), a MUT (pedestrians and bicycles), or a separate bike lane (bikes only, like UpTown and Waterloo Park). Even at intersections, pedestrians are staring at the back-set crossrides with a bike symbol, and they line up to walk in those, rather than the crosswalk. Away from intersections, there are plenty of pedestrians who walk in the bike lanes, see me coming, and don't even move as I approach, or slow down. In Germany, the red colour of the bike lanes is very well avoided by pedestrians, and we might need to start using consistent markings to indicate pedestrian/mixed/bike pathways, along with appropriate education campaigns.
Any suggestions for the safest way to get from Victoria Park to Galt by bike? I've never gone farther south than Rockway and maybe one trip to MEC.
Any suggestions for the safest way to get from Victoria Park to Galt by bike? I've never gone farther south than Rockway and maybe one trip to MEC.