08-16-2018, 09:42 AM
(08-16-2018, 08:26 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: I just say might, no guarantee, but riding alongside the train without any kind of separating feature is something I can imagine politicians, planners, and people being uncomfortable with. I do realize that it is far easier to get sucked under a pickup or delivery truck on a road than to somehow fit under an LRV, but these are the perceptions we have.
That is where the station is. There ought to be a short fence along the track opposite the platform to discourage people running for the platform ahead of a train arriving at the station. Generally speaking I think the separation between LRT and pedestrians is over done in many areas, but in this case there actually is a specific hazard and there is no separation at all. The same short fence would also separate people riding along the freight track from the LRT.
The overall design of that area is botched however. There absolutely should be a(n official) pedestrian track crossing immediately east of the platform, and it should connect to the parking lot and access into what used to be Yogurty’s Froyo. As it is, theoretically pedestrians have to walk past the west end of the platform to the vehicle access crossing and back. Also there should be a path immediately north of the tracks from Erb/Caroline over to the vehicle crossing near ValuMart. Implementing this would require moving (not even eliminating) 2 parking spaces.