Walking in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

I noticed in R&T Park today that they are doing work at both roundabouts to move the pedestrian crossovers a few feet further back from the traffic circle. I've seen this suggested many times over the years as a safety improvement but it's interesting to see it finally being enacted. Is this happening in other places too?

Can you show a picture of this?  The crossings were rebuilt recently, and are not marked, are they now being marked?

I know people say this about roundabouts all the time, I think they're wrong in most cases. In the R&T park the crosswalks are >8-10 meters away from the edge of the circle, even a Ford F-250 crew cab extended bed pickup is only 6.75 meters.  Thus even the largest vehicle any road should be designed for fits easily between the circle and the crosswalks, so that is the correct distance to place them, it gives a place for cars to wait while not blocking the circle.

As is, given the excessive size of the circles, pedestrians are already put 50 meters out of their way just to cross a road.