General Road and Highway Discussion

[danbrotherston]

Depending on where you are coming from and going to, there may be alternate routes. I have been using the Laurentian trail to get to the Sunrise Shopping Centre to avoid riding on Ottawa, not so much because of the traffic, but because the road surface is so rough. I still have to negotiate the Westmount/Ottawa intersection since I come from the trail through Concordia Park from Greenbrook and Stirling.

Coming from downtown. But I forgot, with the Avalon Pl bridge going in it will make the Laurentian trail accessible without going through any of the roundabouts or on busy roads.

I remember on ATAC they discussed the intersection of Ottawa and Westmount. What a surreal meeting. The consultant told us (and I am not paraphrasing here) that council made a very unusual ask of them, that council asked them to prioritize pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders OVER that of motor vehicles. They felt this was wild and unprecedented. They then proceeded to explain, without a hint of irony, how they were going to install a traffic circle in order to meet the needs of projected traffic flow. I asked them, but you know this traffic circle is worse for pedestrians and cyclists, and they explained that they had no choice because it was needed for traffic.

I have never had a conversation more literally close to this parody from Chuck Marohn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9BUyWVg1xI