02-02-2017, 01:46 PM
Here is where the bicycle is laying in the photo from CTV:
https://goo.gl/maps/ciU5iKy1d7G2
That would mean the collision probably happened a little up the road.
My guess is that the cyclist was on the road, and was merging across the lane that enters in from the highway. It's pretty bad cycling up there, because you're going uphill, slowly, and then suddenly you're now in the middle lane instead of to the right, and the right lane now has people coming in at highway speeds. It's very difficult to get out the way of all the drivers.
The cyclist being in their 60s means they probably weren't familiar with the relatively new MUT. This is how they've always cycled up King St. The MUT does exist at this point. Though once you hit the ION station at Conestoga, they still haven't paved the sidewalk, so it would currently be a snowy mess after the Conestoga entrance.
https://goo.gl/maps/ciU5iKy1d7G2
That would mean the collision probably happened a little up the road.
My guess is that the cyclist was on the road, and was merging across the lane that enters in from the highway. It's pretty bad cycling up there, because you're going uphill, slowly, and then suddenly you're now in the middle lane instead of to the right, and the right lane now has people coming in at highway speeds. It's very difficult to get out the way of all the drivers.
The cyclist being in their 60s means they probably weren't familiar with the relatively new MUT. This is how they've always cycled up King St. The MUT does exist at this point. Though once you hit the ION station at Conestoga, they still haven't paved the sidewalk, so it would currently be a snowy mess after the Conestoga entrance.