09-08-2023, 01:47 AM
(09-08-2023, 12:44 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: The recent widening is a significant improvement, and does indeed include a crossride. Somehow they didn’t realize that the paths need to widen as they approach the crossing, but the crossing itself is much improved.
There should be bicycle pushbuttons well back from the intersection, or better still, make the lights green for the path except when vehicles on University trigger a green for the road (sensors at the crossing and also well back, carefully timed). This would mean that at low traffic condition everybody would always get a green (in the limiting case), and nobody would ever have to manually press a button.
It is silly that the light doesn’t go green automatically when the train goes through, but you actually can press the button and the lights for the path immediately go green, or at least that’s how it worked before the recent renovations.
Yeah that section of trail from where the cyclist and pedestrian traffic merge in the park, and up to University is annoying while biking. Merging with pedestrians (if they weren't already walking on the cycling half...), the really tight bend as you go over the tracks, and the narrow and crowded section of trail in poor condition between Seagram and University.
I forgot about the push button too... Maybe I'm misremembering, but I'm almost 100% certain I've pushed the button immediately after the train lights came on and never got a green. Everyone just crosses anyways.