05-14-2015, 10:41 PM
City of Kitchener site Wrote:In 2015, the City of Kitchener is launching an Iron Horse Trail Improvement Strategy to explore potential improvements to the trail, including signage and wayfinding, picnic and seating areas, lighting, public art opportunities, enhanced natural features and more
I hope the "and more" part includes some sensible connections with the cross streets. The trail ends at Strange and there's just a sidewalk and a curb. The signs on Victoria tell cyclists to dismount and use the crosswalk. The intersection of the IHT, Stirling and Courtland was a wasted opportunity to actually design the intersection to accomodate the trail instead of just ignoring it. The rest of the southern section is a bit rough, especially crossing Kent it seems like they could install smooth curbs. I get that it's not a cyclist expressway but it's mostly used for transportation cycling so why not try to integrate it a bit better when it comes to crossing the streets. I think the intersection at Strange and Victoria could at least include some sharrows leading cyclists toward the left turn lane and stuff like that.