Homer Watson and Ottawa Three Lane Roundabouts

[highlander]

In another world, where road design was responsive to not just the needs, but also the wants of everything-but-cars, this could have been the pedestrian diagram:

And you know what I see there?  I see an opportunity for that northern path to be a trail with access for bikes.

(And here with the roundabout diagram below)

While the direct path would be nice, you'd still need the original path for people wanting to cross in the other direction. And I think two separate paths is probably what prevents this direct route. Maybe the one path should be somewhere in between the two?

This also reminded me - does anyone know if they are building the "possible multi-use trail" shown in the original design recommendation?