06-05-2020, 07:31 PM
(06-05-2020, 07:20 PM)dtkvictim Wrote:(06-05-2020, 06:50 PM)creative Wrote: Out of curiosity, how should have this been designed? I’m not a civil engineer or have any experience designing LRT systems so I’m just asking!Just taking wild guesses here (I'm sure engineers should know of better solutions), but either don't have the tracks switch from the side to the center (which basically requires crossing the tracks a small angle), or have dedicated cycling lanes or a MUT outside of the tracks, and never have them cross?
On the Weber street underpass the sidewalk (perhaps just on the south side?) is marked as a shared pathway, so something similar could have been done here. However, I still think that's a really poor solution. On Weber the shared pathway is only for 2 blocks, meaning you have to merge back on to the road. You also get yelled at by both pedestrians and cars for whichever option you choose to take...
The Weber design is indicative of the regional issues...it took years to get signs put up, and the engineers who designed it had this exact conversation:
"This says we need a MUT, what's a MUT?"
"It's like a wide sidewalk I think."
"Wide sidewalk it is."
To be fair, it continues for more than two blocks, it's meant to connect the Spur Line Trail to Water St.