11-08-2014, 06:38 PM
(11-08-2014, 06:12 PM)panamaniac Wrote: A question for cyclists. A report this week on the Region's dangerous intersections (Ottawa St and Homer Watson, come on down!), the intersection of King St E and Cedar St was cited as the most dangerous for cyclists, with I think seven collisions last year. What's the deal with that? It seems like a fairly mundane intersection, although with more turning cars than average.
I'm guessing that it's due to the higher-than-one-would-expect traffic due to the market. I think there's also a fairly steep hill on Cedar from Church to Charles, but that shouldn't really be an issue. On the other hand, I'd expect that the severity of collisions would be lower at Charles&King vs Ottawa&anywhere due to the volume of traffic that is doing maneuvers.
I don't think there's anything terribly misdesigned about that intersection.