Cycling in Waterloo Region

[kaiserdiver]

The Iron horse trail at West / Victoria heading south bound. This is very confusing as the trail disapears and everyone seems to handle the intersection differently.

This is an awful intersection for cyclists using the trail. If I'm heading northbound, I generally merge into traffic on West, then turn on to the trail after turning at the intersection. If I'm heading southbound, however, it makes a lot more sense to just use the sidewalk at Victoria to get to the intersection, then cross like a pedestrian - otherwise you have to cross traffic heading both ways on Victoria to merge properly with traffic. During rush hour, you sometimes can do this because it gets so backed up that people will leave a space for you, but it's always touch and go. I don't want to be on the sidewalk, but it seems like the most reasonable option.