03-28-2022, 07:46 PM
(03-23-2022, 06:43 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(03-23-2022, 04:23 PM)cherrypark Wrote: New information about the Stewart St and Joseph St MUTs reconstruction is on EngageWR now, including the drawings package.
Nothing particularly new, though I am glad to see that the MUT transition into the intersection at Victoria and through to the bike path is going to be properly graded down instead of the pedestrian curb cut and slopes like every wrist-breaking intersection on the Victoria St E MUT.
I never did check out the Vic St. MUT, I guess I should have. Yeah, the region doesn't really pay a lot of attention to getting grading right for cycling infra, although even the city refuses to build flush curbs (and we know they can, they often build flush curbs between the road and sidewalks/bike lanes).
But all this looks really good, narrowing the roads is great. The level of detail is excellent. And ultimately, I think the proposed infra is about as well designed as can be expected. FWIW, one could probably check the turn radii at Stewart St., they look a little wide (i.e., not compliant with Complete Streets) but honestly, given they probably are trying to appease Home Depot, it's probably not even worth pointing out. (Although it's worth remembering that even when building a project FOR cyclists AND doing everything right, we *still* put motor vehicle concerns front and centre, the claims of a "war on cars" amounts to the most obvious kind of fake victimhood)
I believe you mean the Home Hardware Building Centre.