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(09-20-2016, 07:55 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: (09-20-2016, 07:34 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Anybody want to bet the excuse would be “right of way” even though they’ve expropriated property left, right, and centre all over the city?
The ones I'm talking about aren't even right of way. Between the sidewalk and the road there is a 2 foot wide utility corridor, and yet the light pole is right in the middle of the sidewalk.
Good point. I was thinking in terms of moving the other way, further from the road, and I don’t know where the (existing, easy to change via expropriation) property line is.
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(09-20-2016, 08:48 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: (09-20-2016, 07:55 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: The ones I'm talking about aren't even right of way. Between the sidewalk and the road there is a 2 foot wide utility corridor, and yet the light pole is right in the middle of the sidewalk.
Good point. I was thinking in terms of moving the other way, further from the road, and I don’t know where the (existing, easy to change via expropriation) property line is.
Or where the building is  . Yes, going the other way can present a problem, but in general the sidewalk should be as far towards the property line as is feasible, to keep pedestrians buffered from traffic. There are however areas where property lines don't line up or there are grade issues making it possible, and preferable to put utilities on the other side of the sidewalk, that is true.
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Erb and Caroline is open now. Drove through no more than an hour ago. Looks very different!
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(09-20-2016, 05:49 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: There are also a number of access boxes along the route, like this one near KCI, that could have easily been shifted left or right to avoid being in the middle of a sidewalk:
That's terrible placement. It's a real shame to have something like that along a street with lots of foot traffic.
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Yeah Canard, I would say that not only are the cross-intersection support wires at King and Francis for supporting the catenary through the curve, but everything is curved from as soon as the route veers left from Duke to Francis, until it's straightened out onto King; the extra poles might be to help with this heavily-curved section.
The stop line on Duke at Francis, how much you want to bet that this gets overrun more than the stop lines in all directions at King and Francis (I walk there 2-4 times a day and it's been bad), to the point of being a likely sideswipe situation and delay for northbound LRVs?
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Needs hash marks like Gold Coast Light Rail... :: broken record ::
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I imagine as we roll through 2017 and we start seeing interactions with test vehicles, solutions like that will be implemented where needed.
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I suppose, but why wait? G:Link had it from day 1.
![[Image: FC_2_test,_surfers_paradise_boulevard,_March_2014.JPG]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/FC_2_test,_surfers_paradise_boulevard,_March_2014.JPG)
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It appears G:Link also has banner ads
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They should paint the intersections but they also need to enforce it and I don't think there's anything in the HTA about it. In Toronto it's only a 40$ fine from what I can tell.
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09-21-2016, 12:47 PM
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(09-20-2016, 01:38 PM)Markster Wrote: For those not on Twitter, it looks like I've caused a ruckus again.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Say hello to Queen St's new ridiculous pedestrian bottleneck <a href="https://t.co/2WdY9Vnwm8">pic.twitter.com/2WdY9Vnwm8</a></p>— Mark Jackson-Brown (@Markster3000) <a href="https://twitter.com/Markster3000/status/777613091743866880">September 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
CTV Kitchener's updated story says it's not permanent:
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/small-sidewa...-1.3080831
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The curb certainly looks permanent even if the sidewalk isn't in, but if they're going to fix it still then I look forward to seeing how it gets corrected.
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Glad this issue is being taken seriously however I don't for one second buy that this curb isn't permanent.... If if was a screw up and being re-done for whatever reason that's fine, but don't pretend it's "temporary".
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(09-21-2016, 12:05 PM)Canard Wrote: Tee-hee!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...permPage=1
I was going to say that there isn't a need for two signs, but it looks like one of them might only be temporary. The picture is funny though; it looks as if the cyclist is in danger of somehow damaging the tracks.
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