04-09-2015, 08:57 AM
WTF? Y'all are against a fence because not enough people are killed by trains in Canada? On average 113 people are killed by trains every year, that's more than all the cyclists that get killed on average every year. But who cares, we gotta look at some trees!
It's not even the nicest part of the park and in the summer that path is pretty crowded with families pushing strollers and little kids running around willy-nilly like kids are gonna be. Riding down that stretch on a bike in the summer it's pretty much guaranteed that someone is gonna step in front of me or bolt out of nowhere, so it's full of people enjoying park space without any consideration for what is going on around them. I can see why a rail safety association would want to see a fence up.
There's not really another stretch of the LRT that will be running right beside a busy sidewalk is there? Especially double-tracks where it's happened that people cross when one train passes only to get hit by a train on the other track. It's even happened here where trains are moving slow and there was a crossing gate that was ignored, so it seems the only reliable way to keep people from getting on the tracks is to fence them off.
I'd gladly trade a view of some trees if it keeps people from risking their lives.
It's not even the nicest part of the park and in the summer that path is pretty crowded with families pushing strollers and little kids running around willy-nilly like kids are gonna be. Riding down that stretch on a bike in the summer it's pretty much guaranteed that someone is gonna step in front of me or bolt out of nowhere, so it's full of people enjoying park space without any consideration for what is going on around them. I can see why a rail safety association would want to see a fence up.
There's not really another stretch of the LRT that will be running right beside a busy sidewalk is there? Especially double-tracks where it's happened that people cross when one train passes only to get hit by a train on the other track. It's even happened here where trains are moving slow and there was a crossing gate that was ignored, so it seems the only reliable way to keep people from getting on the tracks is to fence them off.
I'd gladly trade a view of some trees if it keeps people from risking their lives.